Alexis Contant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexis Contant

Canadian composer, pianist and educator

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1858

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1918

Profession: composer, pianist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Joseph Pierre Alexis Contant (12 November 1858 – 28 November 1918) was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and music educator.
Trained as a pianist, he became one of the first Canadians to compose large-scale choral and orchestral works, in spite of the difficulty of finding suitable teachers of musical composition.
His younger years were spent mostly in teaching, family, and work as a church organist, and many of his compositions were written later in life.