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Jacques de La Presle

Jacques de la Presle (1888-1969) was a French composer. He won Second Prix at the Prix de Rome in 1920 with his cantata ''Don Juan''. The following year he won the Grand Prix with a cantata ''Hermione'', and departed to spend four years at the Villa Médicis 1922-1925.

De la Presle taught at the Paris Conservatory from 1937 to 1958. His students included Antoine Duhamel, Maurice Jarre, and André Mathieu. Provided by Wikipedia