Ernest Lavigne

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Ernest Lavigne (1880)

Ernest Lavigne (born December 17, 1851 in Montreal , † January 18, 1909 ibid) was a Canadian composer, conductor, cornetist and music publisher.

The brother of Arthur and Émery Lavigne studied at the Collège de Terrebonne and went to Rome in 1868, where he served as a solo cornetist with a papal Zouave regiment. In 1870 he stayed in Naples and then traveled through Europe. In 1873 he appeared as a soloist in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.

In 1874 he returned to Montreal and joined his brother Arthur's music business. In addition, he organized and conducted wind ensembles in the region. With the Bande de la Cité he won a first prize at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. He himself has received several awards as a soloist and from 1885 organized concerts in the Viger Gardens , the attraction of which were his solo appearances.

In 1877 he founded a music publisher in Montreal, which from 1881, when Louis-Joseph Lajoie became his partner, traded as Lavigne & Lajoie . In addition to works by Canadian composers such as Émery Lavigne, Joseph Vézina and Ernest Lavigne himself, hundreds of pieces by foreign composers were sold here.

In 1889, he purchased land on the St Lawrence River , where he established Sohmer Park . Here he directed concerts and performances of operas and vaudevilles until his death. The park's permanent band was the Bande de la Cité , which he expanded into an orchestra over the years through engagements primarily with young Belgian and Italian musicians.

Lavigne composed mainly songs and patriotic chants, which were published in various collective editions. In 1962 a street in Montreal was named after him.

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SURNAME Lavigne, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer, conductor, cornetist and music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1909
Place of death Montreal