[1] His work, which is highly stylistically independent, reflects the multiple influences of his own career: soloist at the Paris Opera, and the French Republican Guard Band.
[3] In 1934, Galais joined Marcel Tournier's class,[3] Grand prix de Rome (1909) and composer, who entrusted him to Pierre Jamet in 1936.
During the Second World War, his career was divided between the Paris Opera (he later became first harp soloist) and the Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, where he remained for about twenty years.
[4] His 80th birthday is celebrated at the International Association of Harpists and Friends of the Harp[3] by the performance of several of his pieces during a concert exclusively dedicated to him, with students from all over France.
Galais transcribed works such as Handel's concerto in B flat by reorchestrating it and giving it a cadence for Marielle Nordmann.