Jean Vallerand
Jean Vallerand | |
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 Vallerand in 1932 | |
| Born | December 24, 1915 |
| Died | June 24, 1994 (aged 78) |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, educator |
Jean Vallerand,
music educator from Quebec. As a composer he was active from 1935 to 1969. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was appointed a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 1991.[1][2]
Life
Born in
music composition with Claude Champagne from 1935 to 1942.[4]
Vallerand began his career as a music critic in 1941 when he succeeded
Relations, and Vie musicale. He also worked as the program annotator for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for many years appeared numerous times as a host for the French-language version of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.[4]
In 1942 Vallerand was appointed Secretary General of the newly formed Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (CMQM) by Wilfrid Pelletier. He remained in that post and taught orchestration at the school up through 1963. He also taught concurrently on the music faculty of the Université de Montréal from 1950 to 1966. From 1963 to 1956 he served as the head of the Montreal branch of CBC Radio and from 1966 to 1970 he was the Quebec Government's cultural attaché in Paris.[11]
In 1971 Vallerand became the head of the
Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec (MACQ) in 1971, and was then repositioned as director of performing arts for the organization from 1971 though 1975. In 1977–1978 he was secretary general of the Orchestre des jeunes du Québec.[4] He also worked as a consultant for the CMQM and the MACQ throughout the 1970s. He retired in 1980.[11]
Selected works
- Les Roses à la mer, 1935
- Le Diable dans le beffroi, 1942
- Nocturne, 1946
- Prélude, 1948
- Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1950
- Concerto for Orchestra, 1951
- Quatre Poèmes de Saint-Denys Garneau, 1954
- String Quartet, 1955
- Réverbérations contractoires, 1961
- Le Magicien, opera, 1961
- Payse, Ballett, 1964
- Étude concertante for Violin and Orchestra, 1969
References
- ^ Potvin, Gilles and Gilles M. Leclerc. "Jean Vallerand". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 4, 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-vallerand-emc. Accessed November 16, 2023.
- ^ Plouffe, Hélène. "Jean Vallerand". The Canadian Encyclopedia, July 17, 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-vallerand. Accessed November 16, 2023.
- ^ "Lucien Sicotte | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Jean Vallerand at canadianencyclopedia.ca
- ^ "Léo-Pol Morin | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ "Le Nouveau Journal | Chronologie de Montréal". chronomontreal.uqam.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ George (March 2, 2014). "Histoire des sciences au Québec au 19 siècle et au Canada". Histoire du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "French language poetry | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "Liberté | The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre, Jean Vallerand et la vie musicale du Québec, Montréal, Édition du Méridien, 1996
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