Albert Viau
Albert Viau (6 November 1910 – 27 June 2001) was a Canadian baritone, folksinger, composer, and music educator. After beginning his career as a musician in the classical repertoire, he specialized in folk music and traditional songs. He released about 50 78 rpm records during his career, mostly for La Bonne Chanson. He also recorded a few songs under the pseudonym Jacques Dupont, including Partons, la mer est belle, Le Soir sur l'eau, and Le Lac des amours, and recorded the song Le Rêve passe with the Canadian Grenadier Guards Band for RCA. Many of his recordings include his own compositions. During his lifetime he wrote more than 200 songs, many of them comic patter songs, as well as hymns and two requiem masses. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1910 (Montreal), Died June 27, 2001
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1943 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor (Canada) | [ViC cat B-1205-A] | 10-in. | early 1940s | La colombe | François Brunet ; Albert Viau | Male vocal duet, with string ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Victor (Canada) | [ViC cat B-1205-B] | 10-in. | early 1940s | C'est la belle françiose | François Brunet ; Albert Viau | Male vocal duet, with string ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Victor (Canada) | 9191 | 10-in. | before 7/1/1949 | Le crucifix | Jules Jacob ; Albert Viau | Male vocal duet, with string ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Victor (Canada) | 9190 | 10-in. | before 7/1/1949 | Étoile du soir | Jules Jacob ; Albert Viau | Male vocal duet, with string ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Viau, Albert," accessed November 17, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/355073.
Viau, Albert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/355073.
"Viau, Albert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Albert Viau
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Viau, Albert - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011117883
Wikidata: Albert Viau - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4711385
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/104830601
MusicBrainz: Albert Viau - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d8009f2-9294-4a99-b3f8-cac2a606dcd3
ISNI: 0000 0000 7845 3131 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000078453131
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