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claude champagne sitting at his desk , 1941 21 december 1965 27 may 1891 music . claude champagne banq p48s1p07021 detail.jpg claude champagne
 claude champagne canadian composer violinist pianist
claude champagne

claude champagne -lrb- 27 may 1891 -- 21 december 1965 -rrb- was a canadian composer .
born in montreal , quebec , he studied violin with albert chamberland , organ with orpha-f .
deveaux , and piano with romain-octave pelletier i and alexis contant at the conservatoire national de musique .
in 1921 he went straight to paris to study music .
by then he was drawn into modality , which stayed with him the rest of his life .
at his return to canada he became heavily involved with teaching , notably playing an instrumental role in establishing the conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du québec in 1942 .
in 1943 he was appointed the first assistant director of the montreal conservatoire .
he was attached to the montreal catholic school commission as co-ordinator of solfége in elementary schools , and he was at the same time professor at the mcgill conservatory .
after that he mainly taught many of the country 's most promising composers .
he died in montreal in 1965 .
