Arthur Laurendeau
Arthur Laurendeau (born November 30, 1880 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon , † October 26, 1963 in Montreal ) was a Canadian singer ( bass ), choir director and music teacher .
Laurendeau took violin and double bass lessons at Joliette's seminary. He studied law in Montreal and also took singing lessons from Guillaume Couture . From 1901 to 1906 he was solo singer and choirmaster at St. James Cathedral . After choosing a career as a singer, he went to Paris around 1909 and studied with Pierre-Émile Engel and Jacques Isnardon .
In 1913 he was at Gesù Church , the following year he was the successor of Couture St. James Cathedral , where he worked until 1952. In 1917 he followed Romain-Octave Pelletier as a teacher of solfège at the École normal Jacques-Cartier . In the same year he performed works by Rodolphe Mathieu and Georges-Émile Tanguay with Léo-Pol Morin . For health reasons he had to give up his career as a singer. With his students Léonide Letourneux and Honoré Vaillancourt in the leading roles, he performed Victor Massé's opera Les Noces de Jeannette . The success of the performance then led to the establishment of the Société nationale d'opéra-comique , whose performance of André Messager's La Basoche at Monument National in 1918 marked the beginning of professional opera in Montreal.
Laurendeau later concentrated on teaching at the Conservatoire national de musique in Montreal and at the Schola Cantorum . His students included Amanda Alarie , Arthur Blaquière , Albert Cornellier , Guillaume Dupuis , Gaston Favreau , Armand Gauthier , Denis Harbor , Arthur Lapierre and Alfred Normandin . From 1931 to 1934 he directed the Orphéon de Montréal , a male choir, with which he premiered Rodolphe Mathieus Lève-toi, Canadien in 1934 .
From 1916 to 1918 and from 1926 to 1929 he was President of the Académie de musique du Québec , 1930–31 President of the Société des artistes musiciens . Laurendeau was married to the pianist Blanche Hardy . The clarinetist and ondist Jean Laurendeau is his grandson.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laurendeau, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer, choir director and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1963 |
| Place of death | Montreal |