Jacques la Presle (1888-1969) was a French composer.Norman Demuth French piano music: a survey with notes on its performance 1959 - Page 89 "Such can be found in the "Theme et Variations" (1944) by Jacques de La Presle (1888), who was a pupil of the Franckist, Paul Vidal (1863-1931)." 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.
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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External links Musica et Memoria Article by Denis Havard de la Montagne; catalogue des œuvres. France catholique Interview with his grand-daughter, Alix de La Presle-Evesque.