Albert Viau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albert Viau

Canadian opera singer

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1910

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2001

Profession: composer, singer, opera singer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.