Jean Langlais
Sign in to saveFrench composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser (1907–1991)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1991
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Les grands organistes du XXe siècle
- American folk-hymn settings
- Neuf pièces pour grand orgue
- Suite baroque
- [ 3] Three characteristic pieces
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1907-02-15
- Active to
- 1991-05-08
Discography
- Deuxième Concerto pour Orgue et Orchestre and other works
- Jean Langlais et le Chant Grégorien1971
- Olsson: Te Deum, op. 25 / Langlais: Messe solennelle1985
- Poulenc: Mass in G / Four Christmas Motets, Langlais: Messe Solennelle1988
- Missa ‘Salve Regina’ / Messe Solennelle1988
- Jennifer Bate and Friends1989
- Pièces diverses pour orgue1992
- Great French Virtuosic Organ Music1992
- Trésor de l'Orgue français 21993
- Great European Organs, No. 37: Jane Watts Plays the Klais Organ of St. John's Smith Square, London1994
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- Listeners
- 2,986
- Total plays
- 24,256
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Jean Langlais (15 February 1907 – 8 May 1991) was a blind French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser. He was born in La Fontenelle (Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany), a small village near Mont St Michel, France. Langlais became blind when he was only two years old, and was sent to study at the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris, where he began to study the organ. From there, he progressed to the Paris Conservatoire <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Langlais"
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- La Fontenelle
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Marcel Dupré
- Movement
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
- Official website
- www.jeanlanglais.com
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1907-02-15
- date of death
- 1991-05-08
- medical condition
- blindness
- Commons category
- Jean Langlais
- P8168
- Andres Ehin
- name in native language
- Jean Langlais
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