Joseph-Julien Perrault
1826 - 1866
Canada
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J.-J. Perrault
Joseph-Julien Perrault (8 or 18/05/1826 - 22/08/1866), a Canadian choirmaster, and composer, born in Varennes. He studied theology 1844-7 at the Grand séminaire de Montréal and 1847-9 at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Paris. He was ordained a priest in Paris in 1849.
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Messe des morts
Period:Romanticism
Musical form:mass
He collaborated with Lazare-Arsène Barbarin on a four-part harmonization of the plainsong Messe des morts.
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