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    Edith Miller

    Edith (Jane) Miller. Contralto, b Rothsay, near Guelph, Ont, 26 Feb 1875?, d Gravesend, Kent, 18 Jun 1936. She was raised in Portage la Prairie, Man, but began vocal studies with Francesco D'Auria at the TCM.

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    Édith Tremblay

    (Marie) Édith (Louise Ginette) Tremblay. Soprano, b Arvida (renamed Jonquière), Que, 11 Apr 1947; deuxième prix voice (CMQ) 1971.

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    Edith Watson

    Edith Sarah Watson, photographer, painter (born 5 November 1861 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut; died 22 December 1943 in St. Petersburg, Florida). Edith Watson was a freelance professional photographer who travelled extensively through Newfoundland, coastal Labrador and Canada for about 40 years. She took thousands of photos of the people and places she visited, with a particular focus on working-class women in rural communities. Her photos provide valuable insight into the daily lives of these communities. She spent the latter half of her life travelling and working with her partner, journalist Victoria “Queenie” Hayward. The couple published their work in magazines, newspapers and a book, Romantic Canada.

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    Edith Wiens

    Wiens is especially renowned as a lieder singer, and her recordings of songs by Richard Strauss, Schubert and Schumann have received superlative reviews, noting the tenderness of her voice in the upper register and her scrupulous interpretation of the texts.

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    Edith Wiens

    Wiens, Edith Edith Wiens. Soprano, teacher, b Saskatoon, Sask, 9 Jun 1950; German Concert Peformance Diploma (Hanover) 1974, BA (Oberlin) 1974, MA (Oberlin) 1975, honorary D MUS (Oberlin) 1997, hon LLD (Regina) 2005. The daughter of a Mennonite preacher, Wiens grew up in Vancouver and won several awards in Kiwanis festivals as a young performer. She attended Bible College in Vancouver and studied in Hanover, Germany, for three years on scholarship. After completing her master's...

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    Edmond de Nevers

    Edmond de Nevers (born Abraham-Edmond Boisvert), French-Canadian essayist and translator (born 12 February 1862 in Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska County, Lower Canada; died 15 April 1906 in Central Falls, Rhode Island, United States of America). He is known for his publications L'Avenir du peuple canadien-français (1896) and L'Âme américaine (1900).

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    Edmond Dyonnet

    Edmond Dyonnet, painter, teacher (b at Crest, France 25 June 1859; d at Montréal 6 July 1954). Dyonnet studied in Turin with Gilardi and in Naples with Morelli. He came to Canada with his parents 1875.

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    Edmond Hardy

    Edmond Hardy. Bandmaster, administrator, importer, publisher, teacher, b Montreal 23 Nov 1854, d Montréal-Sud (Longueuil) 18 Sep 1943. He studied music with his father, Guillaume, founder and director of the Hardy Band, and succeeded him when he died 16 Mar 1879 in Montreal.

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    Edmond-Joseph Massicotte

    Edmond-Joseph Massicotte, artist, illustrator (b at Montréal 1 Dec 1875; d at Sault-au-Récollet, near Montréal 1 Mar 1929).

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    Edmond McMahon

    Edmond McMahon. Choirmaster, singer, lawyer, coroner, b Ste-Rose (later Laval), near Montreal, 18 Oct 1852, d Westmount, Montreal, 2 Feb 1942. He was called to the bar in Montreal in 1881, becoming coroner in 1892 and justice of the peace in 1894 of the City of Westmount.

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    Edmond Rollo Mainguy

    Edmond Rollo Mainguy, naval officer (b at Chemainus, BC 11 May 1901; d at Nanaimo, BC 29 Apr 1979). After graduating from the Royal Naval College of Canada, he served in various posts until 1939, when he took command of the

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    Edmond Trudel

    (Joseph Jean) Edmond Trudel. Pianist, conductor, teacher, composer, b St-Roch (Quebec City) 10 Apr 1892, d Quebec City 13 Sep 1977. He studied 1912-15 at the Paris Cons with Félix Fourdrain (composition, harmony), Alfredo Casella, Joaquin Nin, and Lazare Lévy (piano).

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    Edmund Alleyn

    Edmund Alleyn, painter (born 9 June 1931 in Québec City, QC; died 24 December 2004 in Montréal, QC). 

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    Edmund Assaly

    Edmund (Philip) Assaly. Pianist, composer, arranger, teacher, b Rosetown, Sask, of Syrian parents, 4 Jan 1920, d Milwaukee, Wisc, 1 Jan 1983; ATCM 1934, LRSM 1938. He began studying piano at eight, and when his family moved to Saskatoon he studied piano and composition 1937-45 with Lyell Gustin.

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    Edmund Burke

    Edmund Burke, architect (b at Toronto, Ont 31 Oct 1850; d there 2 Jan 1919). Burke contributed to Canadian architecture in three ways.

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