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    Chansonniers

    A true chansonnier of the Parisian type, he combined song, comedy and political satire. Chansonniers Chansonniers, singer-songwriters of Québec active after WWII, particularly during the 1960s. Their songs served a common social ideal and shared a style characterized by simplicity and intimacy favouring poetic expression. The predecessors of this movement include La BOLDUC, often cited as Québec's first chansonnière, but Félix LECLERC and Raymond LÉVESQUE were in fact its true originators. Leclerc prepared the way...

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    Chansonniers

    Félix Leclerc and Raymond Lévesque were the originators of this new species and of the movement it generated, though some historians point to La Bolduc and even Rolland (Le Soldat) Lebrun as its predecessors.

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    Chantal Juillet

    Juillet, Chantal. Violinist, b Montreal 19 December 1960. She began playing the violin at six, first studying with Claude Létourneau in Quebec City, and then with Luis Grinhauz in Montreal.

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    Chantal Kreviazuk

    Chantal Kreviazuk. Singer, pianist, songwriter, actor, b Winnipeg 18 May 1974. Chantal Kreviazuk trained in classical piano (beginning at age five) and singing.

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    Chantal Masson

    Chantal Masson. Violist, choir conductor, teacher, b St-Denis, near Paris, 24 Oct 1937, naturalized Canadian 1977; premier prix viola (Paris Cons) 1958. She studied at the Toulouse Cons and the Paris Cons.

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    Chanteurs St-Coeur-de-Marie

    Chanteurs St-Coeur-de-Marie. Choir founded in Quebec City in the 1950s. Directed by Claude Gosselin beginning in the early 1960s, the choir adopted its present name in 1973.

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    Charles A.E. Harriss

    Harriss, Charles A.E. (Albert Edwin). Composer, impresario, educator, organist-choirmaster, conductor, b London, midnight 16-17 Dec 1862, d Ottawa 31 Jul 1929; B MUS (Toronto) 1900, honorary FRAM 1905, honorary D MUS (Cantuar) 1905.

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    Charles A.E. Harriss

    Charles Albert Edwin Harriss, composer, impresario, educator, organist-choirmaster, conductor (born 16 December 1862 in London, England; died 31 July 1929 in Ottawa, ON).

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    Charles-Amador Martin

    Charles-Amador Martin. Priest, musician, b Quebec City 7 Mar 1648, d Ste-Foy, near Quebec City, 19 Jun 1711. He was the son of Abraham Martin (whose name is perpetuated in the Plains of Abraham), was a pupil of Martin Boutet at the Jesuit College, and studied theology at the Séminaire de Québec.

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    Charles Ambrose

    Charles Ambrose. Organist, teacher, b England 1791, d Hamilton, Ont 17 Feb 1856. After serving as organist at Chelmsford Cathedral in England, he emigrated to Canada in 1837 and settled on a farm near Guelph, Ont. In 1845 he became organist-choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in Hamilton.

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    Charles-Auguste Villeneuve

    Charles-Auguste Villeneuve. Bandmaster, oboist, administrator, teacher, b L'Ange-Gardien, near Quebec City, 15 Dec 1930; ARCM 1958, LRAM 1959. He began voice lessons at eight and later took up clarinet, then oboe which he studied at the CMQ with Réal Gagnier.

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    Charles Bird

    Charles (Albert) Bird. Conductor, administrator, french hornist, b Beccles, Suffolk, England, 31 Jul 1890, d Stratford, Ont, 8 Dec 1961. He joined the British army in 1906, studied at the RMSM (Kneller Hall), and served in India.

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    Charles Bohner

    Charles Bohner. Composer, arranger, teacher, fl Toronto 1882-98. Bohner, who had a music studio on Yonge St, wrote songs and piano pieces, of which the earliest extant, Aesthetic Valse and Claxton's Grand March (1882, both for piano), were published by T. Claxton.

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    Charles Bradley Templeton

    Charles Bradley Templeton, evangelist, journalist, broadcaster, editor, author (b at Toronto 7 Oct 1915, d there 7 June 2001). Templeton began a career in journalism as a sports cartoonist.

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    Charles Burchill Lynch

    Charles Burchill Lynch journalist, author (b Cambridge, Mass 3 Dec 1919; d at Ottawa 21 July 1994). Lynch came to Canada at the age of 2 weeks and was educated at Saint John, NB. At 17 he began his newspaper career as a reporter with the Saint John Citizen.

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