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Jacques de La Presle

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Jacques de la Presle (1888-1969) was a French composer.[1] He won Second Prix at the Prix de Rome in 1920 with his cantata Don Juan. The following year he won the Grand Prix with a cantata Hermione, and departed to spend four years at the Villa Médicis 1922-1925.

De la Presle taught at the Paris Conservatory from 1937 to 1958. His students included Antoine Duhamel, Maurice Jarre, and André Mathieu.[2]

References

  1. ^ Norman Demuth French piano music: a survey with notes on its performance 1959 - Page 89 "Such can be found in the "Theme et Variations" (1944) by Jacques de La Presle (1888), who was a pupil of the Franckist, Paul Vidal (1863-1931)."
  2. ^ "Jacques de la Presle". www.wisemusicclassical.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.