Jean Chatillon
{{Short description|Canadian composer (1937–2019)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|9|13}}
| birth_place = Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2019|1|16|1937|9|13}}
| death_place = Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
| genre =
| occupation = Composer, Musician
| instrument = Piano
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| website = {{URL|http://www.jeanchatillon.com/}}
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Jean Chatillon (13 September 1937 – 16 January 2019){{cite web |title=Avis de décès - CHATILLON, Jean |url=https://www.domainefuneraire.com/avis-de-deces/Jean-CHATILLON-254756 |website=La Corporation des thanatologues du Québec |accessdate=24 January 2019 |language=fr}} was a Canadian composer and music educator.
Early life
Chatillon was born into a family of musicians, in 1937, in Nicolet, Quebec. In 1951, he began to play piano and to compose.[https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/arts/jean-chatillon-sest-eteint-bd2fa5d711017370145c91f64929a2f1 "Jean Chatillon s'est éteint"]. Le Nouvelliste, 18 January 2019, François Houde. At first self-taught, then he undertook serious musical studies with the master Conrad Letendre in Montreal.
Career
In 1969, he founded the Music Section of the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières and taught there until 1981. In 1970, he was a founding member of the "Institut de sciences musicales Conrad Letendre", along with Michel Perrault.{{cite book|title=The American Organist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rgJAQAAMAAJ|volume=40|year=2006|publisher=American Guild of Organists|page=80}}
After his retirement from teaching in 1981, he dedicated himself fully to his art.
Chatillon wrote more than 300 musical and literary works.[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-chatillon-emc "Jean Chatillon"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Raymond Daveluy, 26 June 2007 He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37686|title=Jean Chatillon: Showcase|last=Canadienne|first=Canadian Music Centre {{!}} Centre de Musique|website=www.musiccentre.ca|access-date=2019-01-21|archive-date=21 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232615/https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37686|url-status=dead}} In 2003, he was appointed Professor Emeritus by the University of Quebec.
In January 2004, he became a founding member of the Delian Society, which is dedicated to the renaissance of tonal music.[https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2019/02/janobits.htm "January 2019 Classical Music Obituaries"]. Classical Music Daily
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20130127034126/http://jeanchatillon.com/ Official website]
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Category:People from Centre-du-Québec
Category:Canadian male composers
Category:Musicians from Quebec
Category:20th-century Canadian composers
Category:20th-century Canadian male musicians
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