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Charles Gustav Thorson
Charles Gustav Thorson (born Karl Gustaf Stefanson), political cartoonist, character designer, children's book author and illustrator (b at Winnipeg, Man 29 Aug 1890; d at Vancouver, BC 7 Aug 1966).
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Charles Harrison
Charles (Franklin) Harrison. Lyricist, songwriter, publisher, b Hamilton, Ont, 24 Aug 1883, naturalized US 1927, d Hamilton 11 Nov 1955. He was the son of a prima donna (known alternatively as Mme Yulisse and Marie Harrison) in the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
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Charles Heavysege
Charles Heavysege, poet (b at Huddersfield, Eng 2 May 1816; d at Montréal 14 July 1876). Heavysege immigrated to Montréal in 1853 as a woodcarver. In 1860 he became a reporter for the Montreal Transcript and later for the Montreal Daily Witness.
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Charles de Lint
Charles Henri Diederick Hoefsmit de Lint, novelist, short story writer (b at Bussum, Netherlands 22 Dec 1951). A fantasy writer, he reflects in his work a thorough knowledge of traditional music, folktales and myths.
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Charles Henry Porter
Charles Henry Porter. Organist-choirmaster, teacher, composer, b Naugatuck, Conn, 1 Feb 1856, d New Haven, Conn, 26 Sep 1929. Porter is known to have been in Halifax as early as 1877, when he conducted the Halifax Philharmonic Union in the inaugural concert of the Academy of Music.
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Charles Horetzky
Charles George Horetzky, photographer, explorer, civil servant (b at Edinburgh, Scot 20 June 1838; d at Toronto 30 Apr 1900). An employee of the Hudson's Bay Co, he was at Fort Garry in 1869 during the RED RIVER REBELLION.
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Charles Houdret
Charles Houdret. Conductor, cellist, composer, b Liège 6 Jul 1905. He studied cello with André Hekking in Paris and composition with Sylvain Dupuis at the Liège Cons, from which he received a diploma.
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Charles-Hugues Lefebvre
Charles-Hugues Lefebvre. Choirmaster, writer on music, critic, teacher, b St-Hugues, east of Montreal, 28 Aug 1864, d Montreal 22 Feb 1948. While receiving his education at the St-Hyacinthe Seminary, he studied piano and singing.
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Charles Huot
Charles Huot, painter (b at Québec City 1855; d there 28 Jan 1930). The director of the École normale Laval in Québec organized a subscription fund to help him enrol in 1874 at Paris's École des beaux-arts; he spent much time there in the studio of painter Alexander Cabanel and won a silver medal.
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Charles Hutton
Charles (Warrington) Hutton. Organist, music dealer, conductor, b St John's, Nfld, 20 Aug 1861, d there 1 Feb 1949. He was educated in Charlottetown and at the French college, St Pierre, and in 1880 became organist-choirmaster at St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral in St John's.
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Charles Jordan
Charles Jordan (b Jack Wiseman). Baritone, teacher, b Montreal 3 Apr 1915, d Toronto 27 Jun 1986. His father, George Wiseman, was an amateur tenor soloist with choirs in Russia.
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Charles Labelle
Charles Labelle. Choirmaster, composer, conductor, teacher, b Champlain, NY, 15 Aug 1849, d Montreal 21 May 1903. He studied at the Collège de Montréal, where, at 12, he was put in charge of the solfège class and was also the school organist. He became a lawyer in 1873.
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Charles Lavallée
Charles Lavallée. Conductor, cornetist, music dealer, b Verchères, Lower Canada (Quebec) 13 Jul 1850, d Montreal 28 Nov 1924. He worked with his father, Augustin, as a violin maker and importer of instruments and ran the business on his own after the latter's death.
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Charles Marchand
Charles Marchand. Baritone, folklorist, b St-Paul-L'Ermite, near Montreal, 10 Jun 1890, d Montreal 1 May 1930. He was educated at L'Assomption and Rigaud colleges prior to settling in Hull in 1910 as a federal civil servant.
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Charles-Marie Panneton
Charles-Marie Panneton. Pianist, teacher, composer, b Montreal 15 or 17 Jun 1845 (or, according to Musiciens canadiens, 17 Jun 1848), d there 3 Jan 1890. He studied first at Joliette College and later in Montreal with Paul Letondal.
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