Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (died 1940)

Jehan Alain

French organist, composer and soldier

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. His…