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    Rolande Dion

    (Marie Berthe) Rolande Dion. Soprano, teacher, b Quebec City 5 Apr 1915, d there 19 Nov 1980. She studied singing in her native city 1931-5 with Émile Larochelle and 1935-9 with Louis Gravel.

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    Rolande Garnier

    Rolande Garnier (née Rozière), mezzo-soprano (born 11 June 1926 in Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB; died 11 April 2009 in Winnipeg, MB). 

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    Rolf Meier

    Rolf Georg Walter Meier, electronics designer, amateur astronomer (born 24 July 1953 in Goslar, West Germany; died 26 June 2016 in Ottawa, ON). Meier made unique discoveries of four new comets, all named after him.

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    Rolland Brunelle

    Rolland Brunelle. Educator, violinist, b Joliette, Que, 29 May 1911. After studies in piano, violin, solfège, and voice, he turned to teaching.

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    Rolland D'Amour

    (Joseph Prosper Jean-Baptiste) Rolland D'Amour-.

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    Rolland-G. Gingras

    Rolland-G. (Georges) Gingras. Organist, teacher, critic, composer, b Quebec City 21 Apr 1899, d there 14 Dec 1964; D MUS (Montreal) 1945. He began lessons in piano and organ with Omer Létourneau at 12 and continued with J.-Arthur Bernier, Henri Gagnon, and Berthe Roy.

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    Rolling Stones (Interview)

    Some of my colleagues at the magazine wondered whether we should even bother talking to the Rolling Stones. I'd been offered separate audiences with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Exclusive Canadian access. But I'd interviewed them before, eight years ago.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 9, 2002

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    Roloff Beny

    Roloff Beny, photographer (b Wilfred Roy Beny at Medicine Hat, Alta 7 Jan 1924; d at Rome, Italy 16 Mar 1984). Beny took up photography as a child. He also painted and had a watercolour show at age 15.

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    Roma Butler

    Roma Butler. Soprano, b St John's, Nfld, 30 Apr 1931; Artist Diploma voice (Toronto) 1953. She moved to Toronto in 1949 to study voice with Ernesto Vinci at the RCMT.

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    Roma McMillan

    Roma McMillan quickly assumed a prominent place among the region's traditional fiddlers, and went on to publish the books Roma McMillan's Favourite Valley Waltzes (Ottawa 1983) and Roma McMillan and Mostly Bows Favourite Valley Fiddle Tunes (Ottawa 1997).

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    Romain Gour

    Romain (Joseph Ferréol) Gour. Baritone, writer, b L'Assomption 19 Aug 1899, d Montreal 22 Jul 1968. He studied with Romain Pelletier and Raoul Paquet and took singing lessons from Salvator Issaurel ca 1921-4.

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    Romain-Octave Pelletier

    Romain-Octave I (Jean) (Octave) Pelletier (Peltier). Organist, pianist, composer, educator, writer on music, b Montreal 9 Sep 1843, d there 4 Mar 1927; honorary D MUS (Montreal) 1919. While very young he displayed a quick ear, correcting the errors of his two sisters who were studying piano.

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    Romain-Octave Pelletier II

    Romain-Octave II Pelletier (Peltier). Producer, critic, violinist, b St-Lambert, near Montreal, 26 Aug 1904, d there 11 Jan 1968; BA (Montreal) 1924, LL B (Montreal) 1927. After studies in law 1924-7 at the University of Montreal he became a notary and practised that profession 1928-33.

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    Romain Pelletier

    Romain Pelletier (Peltier). Organist, teacher, composer, b Montreal 22 Aug 1875, d there 24 Nov 1953.

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    Roman Kroitor

    Along with Colin Low, Kroitor directed UNIVERSE (1960), possibly the NFB's most honoured film.

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