Calixa-Lavallée Award
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The Calixa-Lavallée Award (in French: Prix Calixa-Lavallée) is a music award
created in 1959. It is granted by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
of Montreal
(SSJBM) to a Quebecer having distinguished himself or herself in the field of music. It was named after musician Calixa Lavallée
, composer of the Canadian
national anthem
, "O Canada
".
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
created in 1959. It is granted by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec Sovereignism. Its current President is Mario Beaulieu....
of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(SSJBM) to a Quebecer having distinguished himself or herself in the field of music. It was named after musician Calixa Lavallée
Calixa Lavallée
Calixa Lavallée, , born Calixte Lavallée, was a French-Canadian-American musician and Union officer during the American Civil War who composed the music for O Canada, which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980.-Biography:Calixa Lavallée was born at Verchères, a suburb of...
, composer of the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
national anthem
National anthem
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 government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
, "O Canada
O Canada
It has been noted that the opening theme of "O Canada" bears a strong resemblance to the "Marsch der Priester" , from the opera Die Zauberflöte , composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and that Lavallée's melody was inspired by Mozart's tune...
".
Laureates
- 1959: Léopold SimoneauLéopold SimoneauLéopold Simoneau, CC, CQ was a French-Canadian lyric tenor, one of the outstanding Mozarteans of his time. In 1959 he became the first recipient of the Calixa-Lavallée Award.-Life and career:...
- 1959: Pierrette AlariePierrette AlariePierrette Alarie, was a French Canadian coloratura soprano. She was married to the French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.-Life and career:...
- 1960: Jacques Beaudry
- 1961: Françoise Aubut-Pratte
- 1962: Jean Papineau-CoutureJean Papineau-CoutureJean Papineau-Couture, was a Canadian composer and academic.Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother...
- 1963: Gilles Lefebvre
- 1964: Victor BouchardVictor BouchardVictor Bouchard, OC, CQ was a Canadian pianist and composer.Bouchard received his first musical trainin from 1941 to 1946 at the Collège de Lévis with Father Alphonse Tardif. The he studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec under Tardif , Hélène Landry and Françoise Aubut...
and Renée MorissetRenée MorissetRenée Morisset, OC, CQ was a Canadian pianist. She and her husband, Victor Bouchard, were one of the foremost piano duo in Canadian classical music.-Honours:... - 1965: Louis QuilicoLouis QuilicoLouis Quilico, CC was a Canadian opera singer. One of the leading dramatic baritones of his day, he was an ideal interpreter of the great Italian and French composers, especially Giuseppe Verdi. He was often referred to as "Mr Rigoletto" in reference to the Verdi opera...
- 1966: Gilles VigneaultGilles VigneaultGilles Vigneault, is a Canadian poet, publisher and singer-songwriter, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist.A poet deeply rooted in his native Quebec, Vigneault has become an icon at home and Quebec ambassador abroad...
- 1967: Joseph RouleauJoseph RouleauJoseph A. Rouleau, is a French-Canadian bass opera singer, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories....
- 1968: Gilles TremblayGilles TremblayGilles Tremblay, is a Canadian composer. He studied at the Conservatories of Montreal and Paris , where his teachers including Olivier Messiaen , Yvonne Loriod , and Maurice Martenot . He also attended Stockhausen's summer courses at Darmstadt, where he became interested in electro-acoustic...
- 1969: Roger MattonRoger MattonRoger Matton, OC was a Canadian composer, ethnomusicologist, and music educator. As a composer his works are characterized by their association with folklore and folkmusic. In 1965 he was awarded the Prix de la création at the Congrès du spectacle...
- 1970: Clermont PépinClermont PépinClermont Pépin, was a Canadian pianist, composer and teacher.He was born Jean Joseph Clermont Pépin in Saint-Georges, Quebec in 1926. Pépin studied with influential Canadian composers Claude Champagne and Arnold Walter , and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia from 1941 to 1944 with...
- 1971: Colette BokyColette BokyColette Boky is a French-Canadian operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric roles in the French, Italian, and German repertories.- Life and career :...
- 1972: Claire Gagnier
- 1973: Gaston Germain
- 1974: Pauline JulienPauline JulienPauline Julien, CQ was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist.Born in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereigntist. She also worked with Gilles Vigneault and recorded...
- 1975: Félix LeclercFélix LeclercFélix Leclerc, was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968...
- 1976: Jean CarignanJean CarignanJean Carignan, was a Canadian fiddler.Born in Lévis, Québec on December 7, 1916. He was a well-known fiddler from Quebec. Joseph Allard, Michael Coleman, and J. Scott Skinner are all brilliant traditional fiddlers whose music Carignan studied. Carignan was a friend of famous violinist and...
- 1977: Lionel DaunaisLionel DaunaisNoël Ferdinand Lionel Daunais, was a French Canadian baritone and composer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Daunais studied singing with Céline Marier and harmony and composition with Oscar O'Brien. In 1923 he won first prize at the Montreal Musical Festival...
- 1979: Monique LeyracMonique LeyracMonique Leyrac, is a Canadian singer and actress from Quebec. Born Monique Tremblay in Montreal, Quebec 1928. She was the first great international star from French Canada. Using her natural gifts of music and drama she started her acting career on radio in 1943...
- 1980: Serge GarantSerge GarantSerge Garant, OC was a Canadian composer, conductor, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de notre siècle on Radio-Canada. In 1966 he cofounded with Jean Papineau-Couture, Maryvonne Kendergi, Wilfrid Pelletier and Hugh Davidson the Société de musique...
- 1981: Kenneth GilbertKenneth GilbertKenneth Gilbert, OC is a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist and music educator.Gilbert was trained at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he was a pupil of Yvonne Hubert and Gabriel Cusson . He also studied the organ privately with Conrad Letendre in Montréal...
- 1982: Marie-Thérèse PaquinMarie-Thérèse PaquinMarie-Thérèse Paquin was born July 4, 1905 in Montreal, Quebec, and died in the same city on May 9, 1997. She was a concert pianist and piano professor.- Bibliography :...
- 1983: Gilles PotvinGilles PotvinGilles Potvin was a Canadian music critic and music historian. He was a music critic for Le Devoir and La Presse . From 1970-1976 he served as the editor of The Canada Music Book and from 1976-1980 he was President of the Jeunesses musicales du Canada...
- 1985: Maryvonne Kendergi
- 1987: Yvonne Hubert
- 1988: Jean Cousineau
- 1989: Bernard Lagacé
- 1990: Otto Joachim
- 1991: Louise André
- 1993: Fernand LindsayFernand LindsayFather Fernand Lindsay, CM, CQ was a Canadian churchman, educator, organist and festival director...
- 1996: Angèle DubeauAngèle DubeauAngèle Dubeau, CM, CQ is a Québécoise violinist.Dubeau is a graduate and First Prize winner of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. She studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Dorothy DeLay and later went to Romania to work with Ştefan Gheorghiu...
- 2002: Charlie BiddleCharlie BiddleCharlie Biddle, otherwise known as Charles Reed Biddle was a Canadian jazz bassist.-Biography:...