Background
LANGLAIS, Jcan-Francois-Hyacinthe Son of Jean Langlais and Flayie Canto.
LANGLAIS, Jcan-Francois-Hyacinthe Son of Jean Langlais and Flayie Canto.
Conservatoire de Paris (Premier Prix d"Orgue).
United States of America); Grand Prix du Disque frangais. Compositions: more than 300 works for organ, 3 concertos for organ and orchestra, 13 Masses, vocal and instrumental works, both sacred and secular; Prix Madame Rene Coty for Missa Salve Regina 1955; Commandeur des Arts et Lettres; Officier de la Ldgion d’honneur et des Palmes academiques; Honorary degree (Pittsburgh, Fort Worth and Washington District of Columbia, United States of America, Royal College, of Organists, London).Organist Sainte-Clotilde Basilica, Paris 1945-1987. Professor, of Organ, Schola Cantorum de Paris 1961-1976. International recitalist (300 concerts in United States of America).
Grand Prix du Disque frangais.
Married 1st Jeanne Sartre in 1931 (deceased). Married 2nd Marie-Louise Jaquet in 1979, one daughter.