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Jeanne Landry was born in Ottawa where she studied piano with Irene Miller. She continued her studies with Claude Champagne and Jean Dansereau at the Vincent d'Indy School of Music in Montreal. In 1946 she obtained the Prix d'Europe, enabling her to pursue her studies in Paris with Yves Nat and Nadia Boulanger.
She established herself quickly as a pianist and accompanist and joined the faculty of the Laval University School of Music in Quebec as a professor of counterpoint, harmony and fugue.
In addition to numerous works for piano, Jeanne Landry has written a sonata for cello and piano, three works for viola, four pieces for organ, several melodies on her own poems and a work for choir and organ.
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