Albert Viau

Albert Viau (6 November 1910 – 27 June 2001) was a Canadian baritone, folksinger, composer, and music educator. After beginning his career as a musician in the classical repertoire, he specialized in folk music and traditional songs. He released about 50 78 rpm records during his career, mostly for La Bonne Chanson. He also recorded a few songs under the pseudonym Jacques Dupont, including Partons, la mer est belle, Le Soir sur l'eau, and Le Lac des amours, and recorded the song Le Rêve passe with the Canadian Grenadier Guards Band for RCA. Many of his recordings include his own compositions. During his lifetime he wrote more than 200 songs, many of them comic patter songs, as well as hymns and two requiem masses.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1910 (Montreal), Died June 27, 2001

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1943 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor (Canada) [ViC cat B-1205-A] 10-in. early 1940s La colombe François Brunet ; Albert Viau Male vocal duet, with string ensemble vocalist, baritone vocal  
Victor (Canada) [ViC cat B-1205-B] 10-in. early 1940s C'est la belle françiose François Brunet ; Albert Viau Male vocal duet, with string ensemble vocalist, baritone vocal  
Victor (Canada) 9191 10-in. before 7/1/1949 Le crucifix Jules Jacob ; Albert Viau Male vocal duet, with string ensemble vocalist, baritone vocal  
Victor (Canada) 9190 10-in. before 7/1/1949 Étoile du soir Jules Jacob ; Albert Viau Male vocal duet, with string ensemble vocalist, baritone vocal  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Viau, Albert," accessed May 21, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/355073.

Viau, Albert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/355073.

"Viau, Albert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/355073

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