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Canadian bandmaster, cornettist, composer and publisher (b. 17 December 1851 in Montreal; d. 18 January 1909 in Montreal). | Canadian bandmaster, cornettist, composer and publisher (b. 17 December 1851 {{NS}} in Montreal; d. 18 January 1909 {{NS}} in Montreal). | ||
After successful tours of western Europe and the United States in the 1870s, Lavigne became the leader of Montreal's '' Bande de la Cité'', and in 1881 he went into partnership with the music publisher Louis-Joseph Lajoie as Lavigne & Lajoie. In 1889, Lavigne encouraged the firm to acquire a large piece of land on the St. Lawrence River, and there he set up an amusement park known as Sohmer Park, in which he also sought to establish a music conservatory. It was in this connection that he wrote to invite Tchaikovsky to become an honorary member of the Comité de Patronage du Conservatoire de Montréal au Canada — a proposal which Tchaikovsky was glad to accept <ref name="note1"/>, although he played no active role in the project (which ultimately failed in its objective) <ref name="note2"/>. | After successful tours of western Europe and the United States in the 1870s, Lavigne became the leader of Montreal's '' Bande de la Cité'', and in 1881 he went into partnership with the music publisher Louis-Joseph Lajoie as Lavigne & Lajoie. In 1889, Lavigne encouraged the firm to acquire a large piece of land on the St. Lawrence River, and there he set up an amusement park known as Sohmer Park, in which he also sought to establish a music conservatory. It was in this connection that he wrote to invite Tchaikovsky to become an honorary member of the Comité de Patronage du Conservatoire de Montréal au Canada — a proposal which Tchaikovsky was glad to accept <ref name="note1"/>, although he played no active role in the project (which ultimately failed in its objective) <ref name="note2"/>. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [[wikipedia:fr:Ernest_Lavigne|Wikipedia]] (French) | * [[wikipedia:fr:Ernest_Lavigne|Wikipedia]] (French) | ||
* {{IMSLP|Lavigne,_Ernest}} | |||
* {{viaf|87445929}} | |||
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ernest-lavigne-emc/ The Canadian Encyclopedia] (English) | * [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ernest-lavigne-emc/ The Canadian Encyclopedia] (English) | ||
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<ref name="note1">See [[Letter 4358a]] to Ernest Lavigne, 26 March/7 April 1891.</ref> | <ref name="note1">See [[Letter 4358a]] to Ernest Lavigne, 26 March/7 April 1891.</ref> | ||
<ref name="note2">See also | <ref name="note2">See also {{bib|2015/14|Čajkovskijana aus alten Auktionskatalogen}} (2015), p. 115-117.</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
[[Category:People|Lavigne, Ernest]] | [[Category:People|Lavigne, Ernest]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:59, 17 August 2023
Canadian bandmaster, cornettist, composer and publisher (b. 17 December 1851 [N.S.] in Montreal; d. 18 January 1909 [N.S.] in Montreal).
After successful tours of western Europe and the United States in the 1870s, Lavigne became the leader of Montreal's Bande de la Cité, and in 1881 he went into partnership with the music publisher Louis-Joseph Lajoie as Lavigne & Lajoie. In 1889, Lavigne encouraged the firm to acquire a large piece of land on the St. Lawrence River, and there he set up an amusement park known as Sohmer Park, in which he also sought to establish a music conservatory. It was in this connection that he wrote to invite Tchaikovsky to become an honorary member of the Comité de Patronage du Conservatoire de Montréal au Canada — a proposal which Tchaikovsky was glad to accept [1], although he played no active role in the project (which ultimately failed in its objective) [2].
Correspondence
One letter has survived from Tchaikovsky to Ernest Lavigne, and has been partly translated into English on this website:
- Letter 4358a - 26 March/7 April 1891, from Paris
External Links
- Wikipedia (French)
- Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- VIAF
- The Canadian Encyclopedia (English)
Notes and References
- ↑ See Letter 4358a to Ernest Lavigne, 26 March/7 April 1891.
- ↑ See also Čajkovskijana aus alten Auktionskatalogen (2015), p. 115-117.
