Charles Marchand
Charles Marchand (born June 10, 1890 in St-Paul-L'Ermite , † May 1, 1930 in Montreal ) was a Canadian folk singer (baritone).
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Marchand worked after college from 1910 in the public service in Hull. He also took singing lessons from Jean Riddez and Max Pantaleieff and made his debut in Ottawa with songs by Théodore Botrel . He performed the same repertoire in 1919 at Salle Lafontaine in Ottawa and was then invited to Lorraine Wyman's Veillées du bon veiux temps , a program for French-Canadian folk songs . In 1920 a successful appearance in the Monument national followed .
He then settled in Montreal as a singer. Oscar O'Brian arranged more than 150 songs for him and wrote original songs for him with the lyricist Maurice Morisset . In 1922 he founded the vocal quartet Le Carillon canadien , and from 1926 he published the monthly Le Carillon , which soon merged with La Lyre . On the occasion of the centenary of Ottawa in 1927 he founded the Bytown Troubadours with Émile Boucher , Miville Belleau and Fortunat Champagne , for which Pierre Gautier arranged some folk songs. The quartet performed successfully at the Canadian Pacific Railway Festival in Quebec in 1927 .
In 1928 and 1940 Marchand was Artistic Director of the Quebec Festival. In 1929 he went on a tour to Europe. The 1930 festival was postponed to October because of his sudden death, and Lionel Daunais performed in his place .
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| SURNAME | Marchand, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian folk singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St-Paul-L'Ermite |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1930 |
| Place of death | Montreal |