Alexis Contant

Alexis Contant was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and music educator. Trained as a pianist, he became one of the first Canadians to compose large-scale choral and orchestral works, in spite of the difficulty of finding suitable teachers of musical composition.
Name | Joseph Pierre Alexis Contant |
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Birth place | Montreal |
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Death place | Montreal |
Music time period | Romantic |
Instruments | organ, piano |