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Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891) was born in Quebec, traveled abroad for years, fought as a Union officer in the American Civil War, and was a theater musician, bandsman, and choirmaster before achieving lasting fame for composing O Canada. He holds the distinction of being the first notable Canadian composer.

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• Calixa Lavallee

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3669&pt=Calixa+Lavallee
  Find a Grave listing with portrait photograph, picture of his tombstone with English translation of French inscription, and cemetery information.

• Lavallée, Calixa

  http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/calixa-lavallee/
  Biographical entry from the Canadian Encyclopedia with portrait from the first printing of O Canada.

• Lavallée, Calixa 1842-1891

  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/4/7/m15-397-e.html
  Music Division Archival Guide entry with biographical sketch and details of holdings from the Music Archives at the National Library of Canada.

• O Canada: Calixa Lavallee

  http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/canlavallee.htm
  Detailed biography with a strong sense of national pride includes links to lyrics, MIDI sound file, detailed history of the song, and biographies of French and English lyricists Adolphe-Basile Routhier and Robert Stanley Weir.

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