Claude Champagne
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Claude Champagne (27 May 1891 – 21 December 1965) was a Canadian composer.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied violin with Albert Chamberland, and piano with R.O. Pelletier. In 1921 he went straight to Paris to study music. By then he was drawn into modality, which stayed with him the rest of his life. At his return to Canada he became heavily involved with teaching. He was attached to the Montreal Catholic School Commission as co-ordinator of solfége in elementary schools, and he was at the same time professor at the McGill Conservatory. After that he mainly taught many of the country's most promising composers. He died in Montreal in 1965.
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- Symphonie Gaspésienne
- Fantaisie "J'ai du bon tabac" - for orchestra
- Hercule et Omphale - for orchestra
- La Laurentienne - for orchestra
- Danse Villageoise
- Piano Concerto (Fiesta)
- Suite Canadienne - for choir and orchestra
- Berceuse - for small orchestra
- Prière - for organ
- Quadrilha Brasileira for Piano (1942)
- Many choral pieces
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