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Jehan Alain

1911 - 1940

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Jehan-Ariste Paul Alain ([ʒɑn aʁist alɛ̃]; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and composing until the outbreak of the Second World War 10 years later. His compositional style was influenced by the musical language of the earlier Claude Debussy, as well as his interest in music, dance and philosophy of the far east. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Alain became a dispatch rider in the Eighth Motorised Armour Division of the French Army; he took part in the Battle of Saumur, in which he was killed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jehan Alain is the 496th most popular composer (up from 609th in 2019), the 2,088th most popular biography from France (up from 2,526th in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jehan Alain ranks 496 out of 1,451Before him are Thomas Arne, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Riz Ortolani, Franz Schreker, and Joachim Raff. After him are Ferdinando Paer, John Koukouzelis, James Newton Howard, Neville Marriner, Christian Sinding, and Raimonds Pauls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jehan Alain ranks 97Before him are Leif Erickson, Qian Xuesen, Mark Bernes, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Viktor Barna, and Paul Goodman. After him are Zenkō Suzuki, Elizabeth Bishop, Maureen O'Sullivan, Teddy Kollek, Maria Reiter, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. Among people deceased in 1940, Jehan Alain ranks 54Before him are Anton Korošec, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Édouard Claparède, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, and J.-H. Rosny aîné. After him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Oliver Lodge, Saionji Kinmochi, Luigi Orione, Paul Nizan, and Joseph Meister.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jehan Alain ranks 2,088 out of 6,770Before him are Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950), Léon Brillouin (1889), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Peter Nolasco (1180), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), and Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797). After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), René-Louis Baire (1874), Jean Rouch (1917), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Amalric of Bena (1150), and Victorine Meurent (1844).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jehan Alain ranks 77Before him are Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jaufre Rudel (1125), Étienne Méhul (1763), Florent Schmitt (1870), Théodore Dubois (1837), and André Messager (1853). After him are Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Jean Françaix (1912), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Franck Pourcel (1913), Léon Boëllmann (1862), and Albéric Magnard (1865).