Calixa Lavallée, (December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891), born Calixte Paquet, was a French-Canadian-American musician who composed the music for the Canadian national anthem "O Canada". Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's "O Canada" is the National anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by the then Lieutenant Governor of Quebec the Honourable Théodore
He was born at Verchères, Quebec. Verchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. He went to the U. S in 1857 and lived in Rhode Island where he enlisted in the Union army in the American Civil War and eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services
During and after the war he moved between Canada and the United States and developed a career in music. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. He was also a director, conducting major orchestral and operatic productions in important concert halls like the Montreal Academy of Music in Montreal and the Grand Opera House in New York. The Montreal Academy of Music, also known as the Montreal Music School or École de musique de Montréal was established in 1993 and directed by musician Samia O'Day He was commissioned to compose "O Canada" to be performed during the St. Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations in 1880. He died in Boston in 1891. His remains were reinterred to Montreal in 1933 and laid to rest in the Montréal Côte-des-Neiges Cemetery. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Founded in 1854 Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a 343-acre (1
Musical works
- Loulou (Comic Opera)
- The Bridal Rose Overture (Operetta)
- The King of Diamonds (Operetta)
- Le Papillon (The Butterfly) for flute, clarinet and piano.
- O Canada
Honors
The following roads were named to honor Calixa Lavallée:
- Avenue Calixa-Lavallée, located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. "O Canada" is the National anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by the then Lieutenant Governor of Quebec the Honourable Théodore Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
- Rue Calixa-Lavallée, a dead-end street entering into Lafontaine Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
- Calixa-Lavallée Privée (Calixa-Lavallée Pvt. ) a small dead-end laneway on the University of Ottawa campus
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