Achille Fortier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Achille Fortier

Canadian musician

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1864

Place of Birth: Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1939

Profession: composer, musicologist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Achille Fortier (23 October 1864 – 19 August 1939) was a Canadian composer and music educator.
His compositional output includes a modest amount of choral and chamber works, several songs and motets, and a small amount of symphonic music.
A considerable portion of his compositions are religious in nature.
Much of his work remains unpublished and some of his music is now lost as it was destroyed by a fire.
The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec holds more than 30 of his original scores in its collection.