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Jehan Alain

Jehan Alain
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Jehan-Ariste Paul Alain 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.

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Timeline

  1. Allan PetterssonSeptember 19, 1911 – June 20, 1980
  2. Bill MonroeSeptember 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996
  3. Jehan Alain (this page)February 3, 1911 – June 20, 1940
  4. Jo JonesOctober 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985
  5. Näcip CihanofJanuary 2, 1911 – June 2, 1988
  6. Władysław SzpilmanDecember 5, 1911 – July 6, 2000

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