Calixa lavallee biography template

Canadian composer

Calixa Lavallée (French pronunciation:[kaliksalavale]; December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a Canadian musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War.

He was born in the Province of Canada.

LAVALLÉE, CALIXA (baptized Callixte), pianist, composer, and music teacher; b.

LAVALLÉE, CALIXA (baptized Callixte), pianist, composer, and music teacher; b.

CALIXA LAVALLÉE was born into a family of musicians on December 28, in Verchères.

Callixte Lavallée, composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, administrator, soldier (born 28 December in Verchères, Canada East; died 21 January in.

This dissertation examines the life and times of the Canadian pianistcomposer Calixa Lavallee ().

Born December 28, , in Verchères, Québec, Lavallée moved to Montreal in to continue his musical education.

He is best known for composing the music for "O Canada", which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980, after a vote in the Senate and the House of Commons. The same 1980 Act of Parliament also changed some of the English lyrics.

A further alteration to the English lyrics was made again in 2018. The original French lyrics and the music, however, have remained unchanged since 1880.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Lavallée was born Calixte Paquet dit Lavallée, the son of Jean Baptiste Paquet and Charlotte Valentine.

He was born near Verchères, a village near present-day Montreal in the Province of Canada (now the Canadian province of Quebec). He was a descendant of Isaac Pasquier, fr