Amédée Tremblay
Pierre-Joseph Amédée Tremblay (born April 14, 1876 in Montreal , † 1949 in Los Angeles ) was a Canadian organist , composer and music teacher.
Trembley began his musical training as a student of Father Sauvé, the organist at the Church of St Joseph in Montreal. He then studied organ and piano with Alcibiade Béique and Gregorian singing with father Cléophas Borduas . From 1892 to 1894 he was the organist at the St. Joseph Church, where he founded the Orphéon de St-Joseph choir (later Orphéon Goulet ).
From 1894 to 1920 he was the organist of the Notre Dame Basilica , composer and teacher in Ottawa . His students were u. a. Wilfrid Charette , Oscar O'Brien and his son George Tremblay . From 1920 to 1925 Trembley was organist at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City , then until his death at the Roman Catholic St. Vincent's Church in Los Angeles .
Tremblay composed masses , motets , an operetta , folk song arrangements, patriotic chants and organ works. The final toccata from his suite for large organ, dedicated to Joseph Bonnet , became particularly well known .
A son of Tremblay, actually George Tremblay , also a musician, is easily mistaken for his father because of his middle name.
Works
- Dix-huit Chansons populaires du Canada , 1902
- L'Intransigeant , operetta, premiered in Montreal in 1906
- Suite de quatre pièces pour grand orgue , 1924
notes
- ↑ For the son see also the English Wikipedia George Tremblay
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| SURNAME | Tremblay, Amédée |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tremblay, Pierre-Joseph Amédée |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian organist, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1949 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |