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Jacques La Presle

Born: 5th July 1888, Versailles, Yvelines, France

Died: 6th May 1969, Paris

Nationality: French

Jacques de la Presle 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.

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