Orpha-F. Deveaux

Orpha -F. Deveaux ( born July 24, 1872 in Saginaw, Michigan, † December 1933 in Hartford, Connecticut) was a Canadian organist, composer and music teacher.

Deveaux studied in Montreal with Alexis Contant and Percival J. Illsley and in New York at the College of Music with Matt Schmidt. Since 1901, he taught in Montreal; since 1905 he was organist at the church of St -Nom -de- Jésus. In 1914 he became a teacher of organ, piano, music theory and harmony at the Conservatoire de Montreal. Among his pupils were Claude Champagne, Paul Pratt and Hedwige Saint -Jacques. In 1923 he moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he was organist at the Dominicans.

He published in 1918 in Montreal, the music-theoretical work Les principes de la musique: bases sur calculs mathematiques et illustrious d' exemples colories 1919 was followed by Les Principes de l' harmonie.

  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Canadian Composer
  • Classic organist
  • Music theorists
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1872
  • Died in 1933
  • Man
Saginaw (Michigan) Hartford (Connecticut) Fall River (Massachusetts) Dominican Order
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