{{short description|French composer (1910 - 1977)}}'''Henri Edmond Émile Challan''' (12 December 1910 in Asnières – 18 February 1977 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris) was a French composer and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon and Henri Büsser and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936. That same year he won both the first and second prize at the Prix de Rome.<ref>[http://michelbaron.phpnet.us/biographies.htm Biography of Henri Challan at Michel Baron - Cours d'écriture]</ref> One of his notable pupils was Japanese composer Akira Miyoshi and French organist Pierre Pincemaille.
His twin brother, René Challan (1910–1978) was also a composer.
== Selected works == * Sonata for violin and piano (1936) * Suite for bassoon and piano (1937) * String Quartet * Quintet for bassoon and string quartet * Symphony (1942) * ''Scherzo'' for orchestra * ''Reflets'' for orchestra * Concerto for violin and orchestra(1942) * ''Variations'' for trumpet and piano (1959) * ''Diptyque'' for viola and piano (1961) * ''Ballade'' for cello and piano (1965) * ''Variations'' for horn and piano (1967) * ''Intermezzo'' for tuba or bass saxhorn and piano (1970) * ''Reflets'' for double bass and piano (1972) * ''Variation romantique'' for cello and piano (1975)
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