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Joseph Gelineau (Champ-sur-Layon, Maine-et-Loire, 31 October 1920 – Sallanches, 8 August 2008) was a French Catholic Jesuit priest and composer, mainly of modern Christian liturgical music.

Having entered the Society of Jesus in 1941, Gelineau studied theology at a Catholic seminary in Lyon and music in Paris.

Heavily influenced by Gregorian chant, he developed his Gelineau psalmody which is used worldwide. Later he composed numerous chants for the ecumenical French Taizé Community.^[1] He was associated with the Institut Catholique de Paris.

References

External links

• Composer biography at GIA Music
• "Rest In Peace Fr. Joseph Gelineau, S.J."
• Fr. Gelineau's Mass composed for the Taizé Community