Charles Wugk Sabatier

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Charles-Désiré-Joseph Wugk Sabatier (1 December 1819 – 22 August 1862) was a Canadian

music educator of French birth.[2]

Early life and career in Europe

Born Charles Wugk in

Duchess of Montpensier
and that he had conducted opera in Brussels. The former account is most likely accurate but music historians largely reject the latter claim.

Life and career in Canada

Sabatier most likely arrived in Canada in 1848, although an exact year is not definitely substantiated. He first resided in the city of

St Lawrence Hall in Toronto in 1856. His composition Le Drapeau de Carillon was published in the Journal de Québec for St Jean-Baptiste Day in 1858.[4]
He lived in a variety of cities over the next several years, first in St-Jean-Chrysostome-de-Lévis and then in St-Gervais and Chambly. In the latter city he was employed at a convent as an instructor in music.

Sabatier ultimately settled in Montreal where he remained for the rest of his life. In that city he worked as a private music teacher and counted pianist Dominique Ducharme, organist Ernest Gagnon, and composer Calixa Lavallée among his students.[5] He founded the short-lived journal L'Artiste with Paul Stevens and Édouard Sempé in May 1860. On 24 August 1860 his Cantata (with words by Sempé) was premiered under his direction on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales.[6][7] For the performance he conducted the 250 voice Montreal Musical Union Choir and a full orchestra. The soloists for the cantata included Adelina Patti and Emma Albani.

Sabatier died in Montreal in 1862 at the age of 42.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8020-0583-0
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  2. ^ Helmut Kallmann. "Charles Wugk Sabatier". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7730-5530-8
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  4. ISBN 978-0-7735-3391-2
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  5. ISBN 978-0-7735-8416-7
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  6. ^ O Kanada. Canada Council. 1982. p. 313.
  7. ISBN 978-2-7637-8399-4
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