Charles Labelle (15/08/1849 - 21/05/1903), a Canadian choirmaster, composer, conductor and teacher, from Champlain. He studied at the Collège de Montréal, where, at 12, he was put in charge of the solfège class and was also the school organist. He became a lawyer in 1873. He began his musical studies with his father and much later he took lessons in singing and accompaniment with a Mme Petipas.