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Jeanne Landry
was born in Ottawa where she studied piano with
Irene Miller. She continued her studies with
Claude Champagne and Jean Dansereau at the Vincent
d'Indy School of Music in Montreal. In 1946
she obtained the Prix d'Europe, enabling her
to pursue her studies in Paris with Yves Nat
and Nadia Boulanger.
She established herself quickly as a pianist
and accompanist and joined the faculty of the
Laval University School of Music in Quebec as
a professor of counterpoint, harmony and fugue.
In addition to numerous works for piano, Jeanne
Landry has written a sonata for cello and piano,
three works for viola, four pieces for organ,
several melodies on her own poems and a work
for choir and organ.
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