Albert Viau [SEP] voice type
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
of his recordings were made from the late 1930s through the 1950s.
Viau began composing his own works in the late 1930s. In 1954 he published "Six Chansonnettes pour bambins et bambines" and in 1958 "Six Chansons enfantines with Éditions Albert Viau". From 1953-1954 he worked for CJMS as a radio producer. He served as the choirmaster at St-Sixte Church in Ville St-Laurent, Montreal from 1950–1983; also operating a private studio during those years where he taught voice, piano, guitar,