When did Jean Massin leave the Catholic priesthood?
Jean Massin left the Catholic priesthood in 1952. This decision marked a sharp turn from religious life to secular history and musicology.
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Jean Massin left the Catholic priesthood in 1952. This decision marked a sharp turn from religious life to secular history and musicology.
Brigitte Massin née Toulemonde co-authored Ludwig van Beethoven with Jean Massin. They published this work through Club français du Livre in 1955.
Hubert Juin praised Jean Massin's enterprise regarding Victor Hugo which resulted in thirty-six volumes of complete works. These volumes were published by Club français du Livre in 1980.
Jean Massin published Cantate triomphale du Christ roi in 1937, Poèmes de la compassion de Jésus-Christ in 1939, Le Feu de la Saint-Jean in 1944, Baudelaire devant la douleur in 1944, and Baudelaire entre Dieu et Satan in 1945.
A television program highlighting their originality regarding romantic music psychology aired on the 14th of March 1970. This program featured the couple who directed Histoire de la musique occidentale together in 1977.