Par SCHAUERTE-MAUBOUET HELGA. Translated into English by Carolyn Shuster Fournier and Connie Glessner Jehan ALAIN (1911-1940), internationally renowned French composer, was one of the most inspired creative personalities of the musical world in the interwar period. A cavalryman in World War II, he died in action during a reconnaissance mission near Saumur, France, on 20 June 1940.   Jehan Alain s…

Par LE GENDRE DOMINIQUE. Four Arms, Two Necks is a setting of a 17th century anonymous poem. The timelessness of the words in the love poem struck me and I set it to music, later dedicating the song to two friends, Anda and Bill Winters, in celebration of a wedding anniversary. Orpheus is from William Shakespeare’s play The Life of King Henry VIII. Between 1996-2000, I composed and produced the mu…