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	== Works ==		== Works ==
	~~Two catalogues of Jehan~~ Alain's ~~works are used~~: ~~the~~ [[Jehan Alain: JA Catalogue\|~~JA Catalogue]] compiled~~ by the composer himself, ~~and the~~ [[~~Jehan Alain: AWV Catalogue\|AWV Catalogue~~]].		Alain's music has been catalogued numerous times, including:

			* A [[Jehan Alain: JA Catalogue\|catalogue by the composer himself]], stylized "JA"
			* A catalogue by Bernard Gavotte in 1945, cataloguing all works known at that time chronologically, stylized using Op. numbers.<ref>Gavoty (1945), 195</ref>
			* A catalogue by [[Helga Schauerte]] in 1983, stylized "AWV".<ref>Schauerte (1983), 106-114.</ref>

	=== Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin ===		=== Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin ===
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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], ''Critical notes on the Organ Works of Jehan Alain.'' English translation by Dr. Normal Stevlingson. Paris: Alphonse Leduc 29422, 2003.		[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], ''Critical notes on the Organ Works of Jehan Alain.'' English translation by Dr. Normal Stevlingson. Paris: Alphonse Leduc 29422, 2003.

			[[Bernard Gavoty\|Gavoty, Bernard]], ''Jehan Alain: musicien français (1911–1940) Avec un choix de lettres et de dessins inédits''. Paris: Éditions Albin Michel, 1945.

	{{Grove2\|[[Georges Guillard\|Guillard, Georges]]\|Jehan (Ariste) Alain\|1\|268-270}}		{{Grove2\|[[Georges Guillard\|Guillard, Georges]]\|Jehan (Ariste) Alain\|1\|268-270}}
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	[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]], ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.		[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]], ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.

	[[Helga Schauerte\|Schauerte, Helga]], ''Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Das Orgelwerk: Eine monographische Studie.'' Kölner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 137. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag, 1983. ~~("Schauerte")~~		[[Helga Schauerte\|Schauerte, Helga]], ''Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Das Orgelwerk: Eine monographische Studie.'' Kölner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 137. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag, 1983.

	== References ==		== References ==

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			== Performance Practice ==
			<blockquote>Jehan Alain abhorred barlines and tempo indications. The only thing that mattered to him was the living pulse of his musical thought. That is why the first drafts of his pieces are often more revealing than later copies. The addition of carlines after the fact often distorted the basis of his rhythm and led him to forget some ties and accidentals. He composed with rare facility; his rough drafts were tossed off with a single stroke of the pen. But then in the course of making the different fair copies, he took pleasure in refining, in seeking delectable contrasts, which often give us contradictory indications for similar passages.

			-[[Marie-Claire Alain]]<ref>Alain, Marie-Claire (2003), 11.</ref></blockquote>

	== Works ==		== Works ==

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	== Editions ==		== Editions ==
	The only publications that were published and reviewed by Jehan Alain during his life were the ''Chorale dorien'' and ''phrygien'', published in [[Le Grand Orgue]] no.57{{Citation needed}} and the ''Trois pieces'' (''Variations Sur un theme de Clément Jannequin'', ''Le Jardin suspendu'', and ''Litanies''), published by Alphonse Leduc in 1939<ref>Alain, Marie-Claire (2003), 10.</ref>.		The only publications that were published and reviewed by Jehan Alain during his life were the ''Chorale dorien'' and ''phrygien'', published in [[Le Grand Orgue]] no.57{{Citation needed}}<ref>{{IMSLP\|758747}}</ref> and the ''Trois pieces'' (''Variations Sur un theme de Clément Jannequin'', ''Le Jardin suspendu'', and ''Litanies''), published by Alphonse Leduc in 1939<ref>Alain, Marie-Claire (2003), 10.</ref>.

	After Alain's death, the three-volume edition of complete organ works was compiled by the Alain family, working from manuscripts known to them aided by their own memories of how Jehan Alain played his own works. This edition was republished with corrections and additions based on newly-discovered sources in 1951-52 and 1971. Marie-Claire Alain admitted that the 1971 contained some simplifications in registrations that do not correspond to the sources. These simplifications were intended to make registration changes easier for organists, but by the turn of the 21st century, they were deemed not necessary thanks to modern combination actions.<ref>Alain, Marie-Claire (2003), 10-11.</ref>.		After Alain's death, the three-volume edition of complete organ works was compiled by the Alain family, working from manuscripts known to them aided by their own memories of how Jehan Alain played his own works. This edition was republished with corrections and additions based on newly-discovered sources in 1951-52 and 1971. Marie-Claire Alain admitted that the 1971 contained some simplifications in registrations that do not correspond to the sources. These simplifications were intended to make registration changes easier for organists, but by the turn of the 21st century, they were deemed not necessary thanks to modern combination actions.<ref>Alain, Marie-Claire (2003), 10-11.</ref>.

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 This chanson is found in two publications by [[Pierre Attaingnant]], one in 1529 (in parts) and another in 1531 (reduced to tablature score), both without a composer's name. The attribution to Jannequin is due to a musicological error by Weckerlin, as in 1529 the piece is placed immediately after another work attributed to Jannequin.<ref>Hafner, 268-269.</ref> Previously, musicologists assumed that anonymous pieces found after a piece with a composer's name were all written by that composer; however, this is now known to be an outdated assumption that is not always true.{{Citation needed}}
 === Smaller Works ===
 ==== Berceuse sur deux notes qui cornent ====
-Alain's earliest known organ work was written in 1929, a ''Berceuse'' based on the held notes c# and d#. This was inspired by an instance in which these notes ciphered on the [[Alain House Organ]].<ref>Hafner, 25-33.</ref><ref>Schauerte, 17.</ref>
+Alain's earliest known organ work was written in 1929, a ''Berceuse'' based on the held notes c# and d#. This was inspired by an incident in which these notes ciphered on the [[Alain House Organ]].<ref>Hafner, 25-33.</ref><ref>Schauerte, 17.</ref>
 <score><< \new Staff << \relative fis'' { \key fis \major <fis ais>2 <e gis> | <dis fisis> <e gis> } \\ \relative cis'' { <cis dis>1~ | 1 } >> \new Staff \relative dis '' { \key fis \major dis4 ais8 ais cis4 ais | b! ais8 ais cis2 | } >></score>
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 <score>\relative d' { \omit Staff.TimeSignature \time 4/2 \partial 2 d2 | f g a f | bes1 a2 g | f a a g | a2 }</score>
 == Sources ==
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 == Bibliography ==
-[[Marie-Claire Alain|Alain, Marie-Claire]], "Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain". Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.
+[[Marie-Claire Alain|Alain, Marie-Claire]], ''Critical notes on the Organ Works of Jehan Alain.'' English translation by Dr. Normal Stevlingson. Paris: Alphonse Leduc 29422, 2003.
 {{Grove2|[[Georges Guillard|Guillard, Georges]]|Jehan (Ariste) Alain|1|268-270}}

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	This chanson is found in two publications by [[Pierre Attaingnant]], one in 1529 (in parts) and another in 1531 (reduced to tablature score), both without a composer's name. The attribution to Jannequin is due to a musicological error by Weckerlin, as in 1529 the piece is placed immediately after another work attributed to Jannequin.<ref>Hafner, 268-269.</ref> Previously, musicologists assumed that anonymous pieces found after a piece with a composer's name were all written by that composer; however, this is now known to be an outdated assumption that is not always true.{{Citation needed}}		This chanson is found in two publications by [[Pierre Attaingnant]], one in 1529 (in parts) and another in 1531 (reduced to tablature score), both without a composer's name. The attribution to Jannequin is due to a musicological error by Weckerlin, as in 1529 the piece is placed immediately after another work attributed to Jannequin.<ref>Hafner, 268-269.</ref> Previously, musicologists assumed that anonymous pieces found after a piece with a composer's name were all written by that composer; however, this is now known to be an outdated assumption that is not always true.{{Citation needed}}

			=== Smaller Works ===
			==== Berceuse sur deux notes qui cornent ====
			Alain's earliest known organ work was written in 1929, a ''Berceuse'' based on the held notes c# and d#. This was inspired by an instance in which these notes ciphered on the [[Alain House Organ]].<ref>Hafner, 25-33.</ref><ref>Schauerte, 17.</ref>

			<score><< \new Staff << \relative fis'' { \key fis \major <fis ais>2 <e gis> \| <dis fisis> <e gis> } \\ \relative cis'' { <cis dis>1~ \| 1 } >> \new Staff \relative dis '' { \key fis \major dis4 ais8 ais cis4 ais \| b! ais8 ais cis2 \| } >></score>

			This piece was interpreted by [[Helga Schauerte]] as an example of Alain's ''Humor und Einfallsreichtum'' (=resourcefulness) as a reaction to the circumstances of his life (such as the cipher in the organ), how he managed to translate these life experiences into the atmosphere of his music, and how his composed music was closely tied to improvisation.<ref>Schauerte, 18.</ref>

			==== Christe eleison/Amen ====
			Two improvisatory fragments titled ''Christe eleison'' and ''Amen'', found in a manuscript in the Alain family collection, were included in the afterword of the Leduc organ works in 1943 but omitted from later editions.<ref>Hafner, 287-291.</ref>

			'''Christe eleison'''

			<score><< \relative g'' { \time 5/4 <g d'>2.->\fff <fis cis'>4-> <g d'>-> \| <gis e'>2-> <g d'>4-> <f! b>2->-\fermata } \\ \relative b' { b2. b4 b \| b2 b4 <gis b>2 } >></score>

			'''Amen'''

			<score>\relative cis' { \time 7/8 <cis gis'>8(\pp <d fis>4) <cis a'>8( <bis gis'>8 <d fis>4) \| <bis gis'>8( <bes d f!>2.) \| <b fis'>8( <cis ees>4 <b g'>8 <ais fis'>8 <cis eis>4) \| <ais fis'>8( <a cis e>4. <fis ais cis>4.)\fermata }</score>

			==== Complainte a la mode ancienne ====
			In 1932, Jehan Alain composed a 16-measure organ piece titled ''Complainte a la mode ancienne, pour que Poucette joue l'orgue de Valloires'' (on two staves, including fingering indications) for his sister Marie-Claire, who was six years old at the time.

			The piece is written in the style of a Renaissance song in two voices. It is not known wether the melody is original or if it is based on an older piece, such as in ''Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin''; parallels have been drawn between the construction of the melody in both pieces. The piece was published in ''Cinq Pieces Faciles pour Orgue ou Piano'' by Leduc in 1987.<ref>Schauerte, 115.</ref><ref>Hafner, 83-87.</ref>

			<score>\relative d' { \omit Staff.TimeSignature \time 4/2 \partial 2 d2 \| f g a f \| bes1 a2 g \| f a a g \| a2 }</score>

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 On June 20, 1940, Alain was killed during the battle of Saumur. He was awarded with the ''Croix de Guerre'' for his bravery.
-Jehan Alain is remembered as one of the first composers to write music suited for the new organs created by the neo-baroque [[Orgelbewegung]] movement.<ref>Schauerte (1983), 9.</ref> He was influenced not only by his studies in counterpoint and composition but by music all around him including Gregorian chant, jazz, and music from around the world.
+Jehan Alain is remembered as one of the first composers to write music suited for the new organs created by the neo-baroque [[Orgelbewegung]] movement.<ref>Schauerte, 9.</ref> He was influenced not only by his studies in counterpoint and composition but by music all around him including Gregorian chant, jazz, and music from around the world.
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 This chanson is found in two publications by [[Pierre Attaingnant]], one in 1529 (in parts) and another in 1531 (reduced to tablature score), both without a composer's name. The attribution to Jannequin is due to a musicological error by Weckerlin, as in 1529 the piece is placed immediately after another work attributed to Jannequin.<ref>Hafner, 268-269.</ref> Previously, musicologists assumed that anonymous pieces found after a piece with a composer's name were all written by that composer; however, this is now known to be an outdated assumption that is not always true.{{Citation needed}}
 == See also ==
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 [[Wilhelm Hafner|Hafner, Wilhelm]], ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.
-[[Helga Schauerte|Schauerte, Helga]], ''Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Das Orgelwerk: Eine monographische Studie.'' Kölner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 137. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag, 1983.
+[[Helga Schauerte|Schauerte, Helga]], ''Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Das Orgelwerk: Eine monographische Studie.'' Kölner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 137. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag, 1983. ("Schauerte")
 == References ==

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	[[File:Jehan Alain 1938.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Jehan Alain in 1938]]		[[File:Jehan Alain 1938.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Jehan Alain in 1938]]
	'''Jehan Alain''' (1911-1940)		'''Jehan Alain''' (1911-1940) was a French composer and organist.

	''~~NOTE: this article was automatically generated from an entry submitted to '~~''~~wvlist~~.~~net'''~~. ~~You can help add pictures~~ and ~~more information to this article!''~~		On June 20, 1940, Alain was killed during the battle of Saumur. He was awarded with the ''Croix de Guerre'' for his bravery.

			Jehan Alain is remembered as one of the first composers to write music suited for the new organs created by the neo-baroque [[Orgelbewegung]] movement.<ref>Schauerte (1983), 9.</ref> He was influenced not only by his studies in counterpoint and composition but by music all around him including Gregorian chant, jazz, and music from around the world.

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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], "Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain". Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.		[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], "Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain". Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.

			{{Grove2\|[[Georges Guillard\|Guillard, Georges]]\|Jehan (Ariste) Alain\|1\|268-270}}

	[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]], ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.		[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]], ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.

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	[[Gerald Woehl Organ, St. Remigius, Viersen]], dedicated to Jehan Alain.		[[Gerald Woehl Organ, St. Remigius, Viersen]], dedicated to Jehan Alain.

	== ~~References~~ ==		== Bibliography ==
	[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], "Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain". Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.		[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], "Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain". Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.

	[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]]. ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.		[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]], ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.

			[[Helga Schauerte\|Schauerte, Helga]], ''Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Das Orgelwerk: Eine monographische Studie.'' Kölner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 137. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag, 1983.

			== References ==
	[[Category:Persons\|Alain, Jehan]]		[[Category:Persons\|Alain, Jehan]]
	[[Category:Composers\|Alain, Jehan]]		[[Category:Composers\|Alain, Jehan]]
	[[Category:Organists\|Alain, Jehan]]		[[Category:Organists\|Alain, Jehan]]
	[[Category:WVlist pages\|Alain, Jehan]]		[[Category:WVlist pages\|Alain, Jehan]]

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	== ~~WVlist Notes~~ ==		== Works ==
	~~<blockquote><nowiki>War Hero. The JA catalogue (including the order and contents of the incipits) is~~ Alain's ~~own catalogue, a facsimile of which is included in, among other publications, AL 29 253, Marie-Claire Alain~~, "~~Notes critiques sur~~ l'~~oeuvre~~ d'~~orgue de Jehan Alain~~". ~~Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001. Note that this page reproduces Alain~~'~~s mistake of skipping from number 102 to 113~~, ~~which was due the tens digit 0 being mistaken for a 1. AWV~~ is ~~another catalogue of Alain's works. Transcribed spelling corrections are welcome.</nowiki><br>-William Rehwinkel~~, ~~Feb 22, 2022</blockquote>~~		=== Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin ===
			Alain's work, also called ''Variations Sur "l'espoir que j'ai d'acquérir votre grâce". Chanson de Clément Jannequin'', is mistakenly titled, as it is based on a work that is anonymous.
	~~<blockquote><nowiki>JA Catalogue~~ is ~~ordered according to Alain's hand-written JA list of works~~.~~</nowiki><br>-William Rehwinkel, May 10, 2022</blockquote>~~

	~~<blockquote><nowiki>~~Alain ~~works catalogued >JA128 are according~~ to ~~website run~~ by ~~Marie~~-~~Claire Alain~~ (~~website is now down~~) ~~accessed via https://web.archive.org/web/20160213224757/http://www.jehanalain~~.~~com/works.jsp?lang=en</nowiki><br>-William Rehwinkel, Jul 26, 2022</blockquote>~~		Jehan Alain had access to a 19th-century book ''Échos du temps passé'' compiled by [[Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin]] which contained a piece under this name attributed to [[Clément Jannequin]]. This piece transforms the piece into a solo aria with piano accompaniment which is almost identical to the first variation (theme) in Alain's work.

	<~~blockquote><nowiki~~></~~nowiki~~>~~<br>-Anonymous~~, ~~Jul 26~~, ~~2022</blockquote>~~		This chanson is found in two publications by [[Pierre Attaingnant]], one in 1529 (in parts) and another in 1531 (reduced to tablature score), both without a composer's name. The attribution to Jannequin is due to a musicological error by Weckerlin, as in 1529 the piece is placed immediately after another work attributed to Jannequin.<ref>Hafner, 268-269.</ref> Previously, musicologists assumed that anonymous pieces found after a piece with a composer's name were all written by that composer; however, this is now known to be an outdated assumption that is not always true.{{Citation needed}}

	== ~~Works~~ ==		=== Catalogue ===
			Alain's handwritten catalogue of his own works includes a skip from 102 to 113, due to mistaking the zero in 102 for a one.

	~~=== JA Catalogue<ref>[[Marie-Claire Alain]], ''Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain''. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.</ref> ===~~
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	== References ==		== References ==
	''~~See notes~~''		[[Marie-Claire Alain\|Alain, Marie-Claire]], "Notes critiques sur l'oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain". Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 2001.

			[[Wilhelm Hafner\|Hafner, Wilhelm]]. ''Das Orgelwerk von Jehan Alain (1911–1940) und sein Verhältnis zur Französischen Orgelmusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Collection D'Études Musicologiques Sammlung Musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen: Band 92. Baden-Baden: Verlag Valentin Koerner, 2000.

	[[Category:Persons\|Alain, Jehan]]		[[Category:Persons\|Alain, Jehan]]