Jean Gallon
Jean Charles Claude Gallon was a French composer, choir conductor, and music educator. His compositional output consists of six antiphons for strings and organ, one mass, one ballet, and several art songs.
Biography
Born in Paris, Gallon was the elder brother of composer Noël Gallon. He had a long association with the Paris Conservatoire, first as a student, then as the director of concerts, and then as a faculty member from 1919 to 1949. A professor of harmony, he taught such notable musicians as Elsa Barraine, Paul Bonneau, Henri Challan, Georges Dandelot, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Jeanne Demessieux, Pierre Dervaux, Maurice Duruflé, Henri Dutilleux, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Jean Hubeau, Paule Maurice, Olivier Messiaen, Jean Rivier, Denise Roger, Pierre Sancan, and Paul Tortelier. He was the choir master at the Paris Opera from 1909 to 1914.He died in Paris in 1959.
Category:1878 births
Category:1959 deaths
Category:20th-century French classical composers
Category:Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Category:French male classical composers
Category:French male conductors
Category:20th-century French composers
Category:20th-century French conductors
Category:20th-century French male musicians