Lucien Daveluy

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Lucien Daveluy (born March 16, 1892 in Daveluyville , † March 29, 1975 in Nicolet (Québec) ) was a Canadian organist and composer .

As a child, Daveluy learned to play the accordion, piano and violin largely self-taught. In 1916 he became organist and conductor of the Sainte-Victoire church in his hometown. He held this position until 1970. He founded fanfare groups in Victoriaville , Athabaska and Warwick and taught at the Collège de Victoriaville . In 1928 he and friends founded the magazine La Voix de Bois-France , which was published until 1969. In 1935 his mass pastorale de Noel was based on well-known Christmas carols, which he premiered in the same year. After World War II , he founded L'Ensemble lyrique , a large mixed choir with which he gave concerts, appeared on radio and television, and made records. After his death, the choir of the Center d'art in Victoriaville was named Choeur Lucien-Daveluy . Of Daveluy's eight children, three embarked on a musical career: Raymond as an organist and composer, Marie as a singer and music teacher and Aline as an organist and musicologist .

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