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Louis de Niverville
Louis de Niverville, painter (born 7 June 1933 in Andover, England; died 11 February 2019 in Oakville, ON).
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Louis-Dominique Lavigne
Louis-Dominique Lavigne in Bobby ou Le vertige du sens (courtesy Le thé\u00e2tre de quartier). Lavigne, Louis-Dominique Louis-Dominique Lavigne, author, director, actor (b at Montréal 18 Jun 1949). Louis-Dominique Lavigne participated in the heyday of collective creation in the 1970s and continues to champion a non-elitist vision of theatre that welcomes all audiences. For 40 years, his efforts have been directed mainly toward young audiences. He has written more than 40 plays, and has co-directed (with...
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Louis Dudek
Louis Dudek, poet, critic, professor and literary activist (b at Montréal 6 Feb 1918; d at Montréal 22 March 2001). He was educated in Montréal and went to McGill (BA), where he wrote for the McGill Daily.
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Louis Dulongpré
Louis Dulongpré. Painter, teacher of music and dancing, stage manager, topographer, b probably in Paris, 16 Apr 1759, d St-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada (Quebec), 26 Apr 1843. He came to North America on a French troopship during the American War of Independence.
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Louis-Édouard Desjardins
Louis-Édouard (pseudonym 'Bon vieux temps') Desjardins. Physician, folklorist, bass, choirmaster, teacher, composer, b Terrebonne, near Montreal, 10 Sep 1837, d Montreal 2 Mar 1919; MD (Victoria College, Cobourg, Ont) 1872.
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Louis-Édouard Glackemeyer
Louis-Édouard Glackemeyer. Notary, flutist, b Quebec City 7 Dec 1793, d there 10 Feb 1881. Because of a general prejudice against teaching music to men, he was self-taught. He studied the flute without his father, Frederick's, knowledge while working towards a career as a notary.
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Louis Gravel
Louis Gravel. Baritone, teacher, b Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, near Quebec City, 30 Mar 1895, d 22 Dec 1977. He received his first solfège and singing lessons from his father, a member of the choir at the Basilica of Ste-Anne. He studied at the École normale in Quebec City with J.
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Louis Hamelin
Louis Hamelin, novelist (b at Saint-Séverin de Proulxville, Qc, 9 Jun 1959). His strange insane novels peopled with disillusioned heroes and witnessing the despair of an entire generation, made Louis Hamelin a major author of the 1990s.
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Louis Hémon
Louis Hémon, writer (b at Brest, France 12 Oct 1880; d at Chapleau, Ont 8 July 1913). Hémon immigrated to Canada in 1911. After working (1911-12) as a bilingual stenographer with a Montréal life insurance
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Louis-Honoré Bourdon
Louis-Honoré Bourdon. Impresario, b Longueuil, near Montreal, 13 Sep 1890, d Montreal 8 Jun 1974.
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Louis-Honoré Fréchette
After unsuccessful attempts at practising law and founding Liberal newspapers, Fréchette immigrated to Chicago, where he remained for 5 years (1866-71) working for the Illinois Central Railway.
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Louis Jobin
Louis Jobin, sculptor (b at St-Raymond, Qué 26 Oct 1845; d at Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, Qué 11 Mar 1928). In 1870, after 4 years of apprenticeship in Québec City and New York, Jobin opened his own studio in Montréal. He filled many naval and commercial orders: ships' figureheads, signs and furniture.
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Louis-Joseph-Marie Quesnel
Louis-Joseph-Marie Quesnel, merchant, composer, poet, playwright (b at Saint-Malo, France 15 Nov 1746; d at Montréal 3 July 1809). Canada's first opera composer arrived here quite by chance.
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Louis Lavigueur
Lavigueur, Louis. Conductor, b Quebec City 19 Oct 1949; B MUS (Laval) 1974, M MUS (Laval) 1977. He was introduced to choral conducting at 16 when he was appointed assistant director of the college choir where he studied.
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Louis Lortie
Louis Lortie, pianist (b at Montréal 27 Apr 1959). Lortie's major piano instructors were Yvonne Hubert and Marc Durand in Québec, Dieter Weber in Austria and Menahem Pressler and Leon Fleisher in the US.
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