Marie-Claire Alain is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Marie-Claire Alain as French organist and organ teacher (1926–2013).
Marie-Claire Alain was born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1926. Her recorded nationality is France. She trained at Conservatoire de Paris.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
She worked as organist, organ teacher and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are organ.
Her work is classed as classical music.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
The honours record reads: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1980) and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Marie-Claire Alain died in 2013, aged 87. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Commander of the National Order of Merit
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize — 1980
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Instruments: organ
- Genres: classical music
