Amédée Tremblay

Pierre -Joseph Amédée Tremblay ( born April 14, 1876 in Montreal, † 1949 in Los Angeles ) was a Canadian organist, composer and music teacher.

Trembley began his musical training as a student of Father Sauvé, the organist at the church of St. Joseph in Montreal. He then studied organ and piano at Alcibiade Beique and Gregorian chant at Father Cléophas Borduas. From 1892 to 1894 he was organist at St. Joseph 's Church, where he (later Orphéon Goulet ) founded the Choral Society Orphéon de St- Joseph.

From 1894 to 1920 he was organist of the Basilica of Notre Dame, composer and teacher in Ottawa. His pupils were, inter alia, Wilfrid Charette, Oscar O'Brien and his son George Tremblay. From 1920 to 1925 Trembley was organist at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, then up to his death at the Roman Catholic St. Vincent's Church in Los Angeles.

Tremblay composed masses, motets, an operetta, folk song arrangements, patriotic songs and organ works. Particularly well known the Schlusstoccata from his Joseph Bonnet was dedicated suite for large organ,

Works

• Dix- huit Chansons populaires du Canada, 1902
• L' Intransigeant, operetta, first performance in 1906 in Montreal
• Suite de quatre pièces pour grand orgue, 1924