The composer, organist, music teacher and pianist Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006) studied composition with Henri Busser, among others, as well as organ with Gaston Litaize and Marcel Dupré. In 1941 she won the Prix Rossini. Almost 30 years later she worked as a titular organist at the Basilique Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Furthermore, she taught organ, and eventually headed the organ class at the Paris Conservatoire. Among her numerous successful students were Odile Pierre, Daniel Roth, Naji Hakim, Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, and Pierre Pincemaille.