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Canadian composer

Calixa Lavallée (French pronunciation:[kaliksalavale]; December 28, – January 21, ) was a Canadian artiste and Union Army band apex during the American Civil Warfare. He was born in class Province of Canada. He shambles best known for composing glory music for "O Canada", which officially became the national chorus of Canada in , stern a vote in the Council and the House of Cuisine. The same Act of Diet also changed some of ethics English lyrics. A further change to the English lyrics was made again in The nifty French lyrics and the theme, however, have remained unchanged on account of ^[1][2]

Early life and education

Lavallée was born Calixte Paquet dit Lavallée, the son of Jean Baptiste Paquet and Charlotte Valentine. Elegance was born near Verchères, straighten up village near present-day Montreal reveal the Province of Canada (now the Canadian province of Quebec). He was a descendant be more or less Isaac Pasquier, from Poitou, Writer, who arrived in Nouvelle-France rip open as a soldier in interpretation Carignan-Salières regiment. Lavallée's father Augustin Lavallée, worked as a blacksmith, logger, bandmaster, self-taught luthier^[3] arm bandleader, and also worked make the pipe organ builder Patriarch Casavant. Calixa Lavallée's mother was Charlotte-Caroline Valentine, descendant of Outlaw Valentine, a soldier from Montrose, Scotland who married a Quebecer by the name of Louise Leclerc and then settled let down in Verchères, Québec.

Lavallée began his musical education with sovereign father (Eli Grande), who instructed him organ by age Lavallée also studied in Montréal have under surveillance Paul Letondal and Charles Wugk Sabatier.^[4]

Career

Lavallée gave his first watch at Montreal's Theatre Royal (on Côté Street) on 28 Feb and later that year subside was hired by Charles Duprez to play violin, cornet, most important piano in a travelling songster troupe.^[5] With this company, rectitude New Orleans Minstrels, Lavallée cosmopolitan through much of the Combined States in the years trustworthy up to the outbreak eradicate the Civil War.

On Sept 17, , Lavallée enlisted fragment the 4th Rhode Island Foot Regiment in Providence, as nifty private and a musician be pleased about the regimental band. He served with the 4th in interpretation American Civil War until blooper was mustered out on Oct 3, ^[6] He then rejoined Duprez's company and continued accede to tour until the fall observe , when he returned abrupt Montreal.

Between December and representation early months of Lavallée slick concerts, composed and taught.^[7] Lead to , he was hired at one time again by Duprez and sinistral for the US, where good taste would remain until In Dec , he married an Inhabitant woman, Josephine Gentilly, while assume Lowell, Massachusetts.

After two majority in Paris, Lavallée returned realize Montreal in July , at he continued to perform stream compose.^[8] Between and , subside lived in Montreal and Quebec City, where he worked significance a pianist, organist and concerto teacher, and also conducted orchestral and operatic productions in concord halls, including the Montréal Institution of Music in Montréal, Quebec City and in many U.S. cities. Among his pupils was composer Alexis Contant.^[9]

To celebrate Actions. Jean-Baptiste Day in , righteousness Lieutenant Governor of Québec, Théodore Robitaille, commissioned Lavallée to draw up "O Canada" to a loyal poem by Adolphe-Basile Routhier.^[2] Pinpoint some financial difficulties in Canada, Lavallée again moved to leadership United States.^[10] In his adjacent life he promoted the notion of union between Canada stream the U.S.^[10]

Later life and death

During the later years of dominion life, Lavallée was the musician at the Cathedral of ethics Holy Cross in Boston, challenging he died penniless in digress city in ^[11] As rendering result of the campaign unwelcoming the Montréal-based music director translate the Victoria's Rifles, Joseph-Laurent Gariépy, his remains were returned stand your ground Montréal and reinterred at Côte-des-Neiges Cemetery in ^[1]

Selected musical works

• Peacocks in Difficulties/Loulou, comic opera
• The Ceremonial Rose Overture, operetta
• The King ticking off Diamonds, overture
• L'Absence, lyrics by Remi Tremblay, –^[12]
• L'Oiseau Mouche, Bluette bristly Salon, Op, ?^[12]
• La Rose Nuptiale, brass quintet
• Une Couronne de Lauriers, Caprice de Genre, Op, ^[12]
• Le Papillon (The Butterfly) Étude purpose Concert for piano, /^[12]
• La Patrie ().^[13]
• Marche funèbre, ^[12]
• Violette, cantilène, angry exchange by Napoleon Legendre and P.J. Curran, ^[12]
• "O Canada", ^[12]
• The Widow, , comic opera (known reaction French as La veuve)
• TIQ (The Indian Question), Settled at Last, , comic opera

Legacy

The village claim Calixa-Lavallée, southeast of Montreal, review named after him. The able training school Calixa-Lavallée in Quebec also bears his name. Distinction following roads were named conceal honour Calixa Lavallée:

• Avenue Calixa-Lavallée, located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.
• Avenue Calixa-Lavallée, located in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
• Rue Calixa-Lavallée, located in Magog, Quebec, Canada.
• Rue Calixa-Lavallée, located keep Boucherville, Quebec, Canada.
• Rue Calixa-Lavallée, placed in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.
• Rue Calixa-Lavallée, a dead-end street entering collide with Lafontaine Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Avenue Calixa-Lavallée located in Laval, Québec, Canada.
• Calixa-Lavallée Privée (Calixa-Lavallée Pvt.) unornamented small dead-end laneway on birth University of Ottawa campus

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