Alfred Montmarquette (6 April 1871 - 24 May 1944) was a Canadian folksong composer and accordionist.
Biography
editMontmarquette was born in New York on 6 April 1871, and taught himself the accordion from the age of twelve, and had mastered it while still an adolescent.[1][2] Unable to earn a living as a professional musician, he worked as a mason.[3][4] He moved to Montreal in the 1920s, and was over fifty years old when Conrad Gauthier's Veillées du bon vieux temps made him well known.[2]
Between 1928 and 1932, he recorded more than 110 pieces for Starr Records, and also recorded with Ovila Légaré, Eugène Daigneault and Mary Bolduc.[2]
He died in an insane asylum in Montréal on 24 May 1944.[2]
Songs
edit- Rose Alma Polka
- Marche des collégiens
- Galop des pompiers
References
edit- ^ "Alfred Montmarquette". folkways.si.edu. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Alfred Montmarquette, folksong composer and accordionist (1871-1944)". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Alfred Montmarquette (1871 - 1944)". mustrad.udenap.org. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Alfred Montmarquette". mustrad.udenap.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.