Claude Vivier (14 April 1948 - 7 March 1983) was a Canadian composer. Born to unknown parents in Montréal, Vivier was adopted at the age of three, by a poor French-Canadian family. From the age of thirteen he attended boarding schools run by the Marist Brothers, a religious order that prepared young boys for a vocation in the priesthood. The young Vivier's religious inclinations were supplanted by a love of modern poetry and music. Upon being asked to leave the novitiate at the age of eighteen, he enrolled the following year at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, where h… read more
Claude Vivier (14 April 1948 - 7 March 1983) was a Canadian composer. Born to unknown parents in Montréal, Vivier was adopted at the age of three, by a poor French-Canadian family. From the age of thirteen he attended boarding schools run by the Marist Brothers, a religious order that prepar… read more
Claude Vivier (14 April 1948 - 7 March 1983) was a Canadian composer. Born to unknown parents in Montréal, Vivier was adopted at the age of three, by a poor French-Canadian family. From the age of thirteen he attended boarding schools run by the Marist Brothers, a religious order that prepared young boys for a vocation in the priesthood. The young Vivier's … read more