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Olivier Georges Alain (3 August 1918 – 28 February 1994) was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer.


Life


Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, into a musical family. His father was the organist and composer Albert Alain (1880–1971), as well as his elder brother Jehan Alain (1911–1940), and his younger sister, French organist Marie-Claire (1926–2013). He studied at the Paris Conservatory, where he received first prizes in composition (1951, class of Tony Aubin) and musical analysis (1950, class of Olivier Messiaen).

In 1950, he became director of the conservatory in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where he worked until 1964. From 1960-1974, he served as director of the École César Franck in Paris, and in 1976 founded the Conservatoire National de Région in Paris, whose director he was until 1985, and where he taught classes in musical analysis and chamber music. His notable students include composers Alain Gagnon.

Alain's catalog of musical compositions contains almost 170 compositions of various genres, most of which are still unpublished. He also published a book on harmony (Paris, 1965) and a monograph on Johann Sebastian Bach (Paris, 1970). His comprehensive chronology and analysis of the life and complete works of J. S. Bach is still unpublished. His discovery of the 14 Canons on the first 8 fundamental notes of the aria from the Goldberg Variations (BWV 1087) in Strasbourg in 1974 is often regarded as one of the greatest Bach-source finds of the 20th century.

He died in 1994 in Férolles-Attilly.[1]


Compositions



Organ solo



Chamber music



Choral works



Piano solo



Two pianos



Voice and piano



Miscellaneous works



Bibliography



References



На других языках


[de] Olivier Alain

Olivier Alain (* 3. August 1918 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Département Seine-et-Oise; † 28. Februar 1994 in Férolles-Attilly, Département Seine-et-Marne)[1] war ein französischer Organist, Pianist, Musikwissenschaftler und Komponist.
- [en] Olivier Alain

[es] Olivier Alain

Olivier Alain (3 de agosto de 1918, Saint-Germain-en-Laye - 28 de febrero de 1994, París) fue un compositor francés, organista y musicólogo.

[ru] Ален, Оливье

Оливье Ален (фр. Olivier Alain; 3 августа 1918, Сен-Жермен-ан-Ле — 28 февраля 1994, Париж) — французский органист, композитор и музыковед. Сын Альбера Алена, брат Жана Алена и Мари-Клер Ален.



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