Name Celestin Lavigueur | ||
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Birth name Jean-Celestin Lavigueur Born 19 January 1831
Quebec City, Lower Canada ( 1831-01-19 ) Died 11 December 1885(1885-12-11) (aged 54)
Lowell, Massachusetts | ||
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Célestin Lavigueur (19 January 1831 – 11 December 1885) was a French Canadian musician and composer.
Born in Quebec City, Lower Canada, Lavigueur taught piano, violin, and wind instruments at the Petit Séminaire de Québec from 1853 to 1881. Lavigueur was a composer and a concert artist. He composed three operas: "La fiancée des bois", "Un mariage improvisé", and "Les enfants du manoir".
In 1881, he moved to Lowell, Massachusetts to be with one of his sons. He died in 1885 in Lowell. His son, Henri-Edgar Lavigueur, was a politician.
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