Noël Gallon

Noël Gallon studied at Conservatoire de Paris. Training under Édouard Risler, Albert Lavignac and Georges Caussade is recorded. Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Duruflé and Lukas Foss are recorded as having studied under Noël Gallon. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Born in Paris' 6th arrondissement, Gallon was the younger brother of composer Jean Gallon with whom he privately studied harmony. He later formally attended the Paris Conservatoire, studying piano under Édouard Risler and Isidor Philipp, counterpoint under Georges Caussade, harmony under Albert Lavignac, and composition under Charles Lenepveu. In 1910, while studying under Lenepveu, he won the first-prize Prix de Rome for musical composition with the cantata Acis et Galathée. In 1920 he joined the faculty of the conservatoire as a professor of solfège. He began teaching counterpoint at the school in 1926. His many notable students include such well-known composers as Claude Arrieu, Tony Aubin, Jocelyne Binet, Gerd Boder, Paul Bonneau, Pierre Dervaux, Maurice Duruflé, Henri Dutilleux, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Lukas Foss, Jean Hubeau, Paul Kuentz, Paule Maurice, Xian Xinghai, Olivier Messiaen, Pedro Ipuche Riva, Denise Roger, and René Saorgin. Gallon He died in Paris.