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Jun 28, 1835 Died on 16 Nov 1912 (aged 77)
Canadian musician
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About Adélard Joseph Boucher
- Adélard Joseph François-Arthur Boucher (28 June 1835 – 16 November 1912) was a Canadian publisher, importer, choirmaster, organist, conductor, writer on music, composer and numismatist.
- In 1865 he founded the A.J.
- Boucher Co.
- in Montreal which published the works of Canadian and foreign composers until it closed in 1975.
- In 1862, he founded the Société de numismatique de Montréal, serving as the organization's first president.
- He composed several works for solo piano, of which his most well known are Coecilia, a mazurka caprice; Les Canotiers du St-Laurent, a 'quadrille canadien'; Jolly Dogs Galop; and Souvenir de Sabatier, a suite of waltzes.
- Most of his compositions were written and published before 1866.
