Georges Beauchemin (June 17, 1891 – February 25, 1957) was a Canadian singer and

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, who released records for both the

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and His Master's Voice recording companies, as well as two recordings under the pseudonym Roger Mainville for the Duprex company. Beauchemin was one of the first musicians from

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to have his music mass marketed.

Career

Born in

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, Beauchemin began his professional life working as a veterinarian for the

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. He lived and worked in

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from 1922 to 1924, but moved to

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in 1924. While there, he began to perform on radio station

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, accompanied by his wife Marguerite Duval on the piano. Beauchemin made his first recordings—two songs—in 1926, with the Starr recording company. He began recording songs for His Master's Voice recording company in 1928. Between 1928 and 1932, he recorded 45 songs under their label. These included both popular French songs and French versions of contemporary American songs. He was partial to the songs of

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, who wrote fifteen of the songs Beauchemin recorded with His Master's Voice. In 1936 Beauchemin moved to

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and abandoned his musical career to focus on his veterinary work. He died in Montreal in 1957.

Recordings

1926

* ''15293 Starr'' Side A: Au milieu de la nuit by Beaudry, Rose and Donaldson (

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with piano) (2:52) Side B: Bonjour, l'amour by Beaudry, Dixon and Henderson (performed by

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)

1928

* ''263510 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Y-a des loups by Quentin and de Buxeuil (Baritone with piano) (3:19) Side B: À dame jolie by Favart and Codini (Baritone with piano) (2:48) * ''263512 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Un coin de ciel bleu by Beaudry and Donaldson (Baritone with piano and violin) (3:14) Side B: Prends garde Lisette by Fortin and de Buxeuil (Baritone with piano) (3:29) * ''263516 His Master's Voice'' Side A: À l'ombre des lilas by Beaudry and Donaldson (Baritone with piano) (2:47) Side B: C'est votre mère by Beaudry and Burke (Sung by Laurent Michel) * ''263518 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Tsin-tsa-no by Gold and Fragerolle (Baritone with piano) (2:55) Side B: On n'sait pas by Charles, Koger, Scotto and Mele (Baritone with piano) (2:48) * ''263526 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Ramona (Baritone with piano and violin) (3:17) Side B: Mademoiselle Mimi by Beaudry and Wayne (Baritone with piano and violin) (2:43) * ''263532 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Fleurette by Dupil and Gamache (Baritone with piano and violin) (3:14) Side B: Pourquoi me faire pleurer? by Deyglun and Carbonneau (Baritone with piano and violin) (3:05) * ''263535 His Master's Voice'' Side A: La belle de Sigma Chi by Poirier and Vernor (Baritone with piano and violin) (3:29) Side B: Vivre seul by Poirier and Sizemore (Baritone with violin and piano) (2:56) * ''263545 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Chiquita by Morrissette and Wayne (Baritone with piano, violin and cello) (3:32) Side B: Reviens à moi by Deyglun and Payette (Baritone with piano) (3:25) * ''263558 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Jeannine au temps des lilas by Beaudry and Shilkret (Baritone with violin, cello and piano) (3:20) Side B: Berceuse tendre : il fait si bon près de toi by Daniderff, Ronn and Daniderff (Baritone with violin, cello and piano) (3:26)

1929

* ''263566 His Master's Voice'' Side A: J'ai trouvé l'amour by Beaudry and Friend (Baritone with piano) (3:04) Side B: Lenora by Beaudry and Riesenfeld (Baritone with piano) (3:12) * ''263574 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Cher enfant by Poirier, de Sylva, Brown and Henderson (Baritone with cello, violin and piano) (3:01) Side B: Dis-moi que tu pardonnes by Beaudry and Fiorito (Baritone with piano) (2:55) * ''263583 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Au sommet du monde by Beaudry and Whiting (Baritone with violin, cello and piano) (3:14) Side B: Et moi by Poirier and Berlin (Baritone with violin, cello and piano) (3:01) * ''263591 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Les yeux de maman by Beaudry and Baer (Baritone with cello, violin and piano) (3:02) Side B: Bonjour mon bel oiseau by Beaudry and Friend (Baritone with cello, violin and piano) (3:18) * ''263596 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Mon Angéline by Beaudry, Gilbert and Wayne (Baritone with violin, cello and piano) (3:30) Side B: Mon château d'Espagne by Beaudry, Caesar and Friend (Baritone with violin, cello and piano) (2:59) * ''263607 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Un gentil rien qui s'appelle l'amour by Davis and Coots (Baritone with orchestra) (3:15) Side B: Un baiser sur vos mains, Madame by Rotter and Erwin (Baritone with orchestra) (3:22) * ''263608 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Coucou by Deyglun and Jonasson (Baritone with orchestra) (2:47) Side B: Les filles de La Rochelle by Tiersot (Baritone with orchestra) (2:58) * ''263617 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Mariez-vous donc by Gitrall and Scotto (Baritone with piano) (3:01) Side B: Les ciseaux by Fragerolle and Missa (Baritone with piano) (3:02)

1930

* ''263658 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Mon chant du Nil by Deyglun and Meyer (Baritone with orchestra) (3:18) Side B: Le chant païen by Deyglun and Brown (Baritone with orchestra) (2:47) * ''263668 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Trois petits garçons by Urgel (Baritone with piano) (2:46) Side B: Le couteau by Botrel (Baritone with piano) (2:14) * ''263759 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Mon coeur by Willemetz, St-Granier, Le Seyeux and Christiné (Baritone with piano) (3:15) Side B: Raymonde by Mirande, Willemetz and Moretti (Baritone with piano) (2:45)

1931

* ''263778 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Marianina by Monti (Baritone with piano and violin) (3:04) Side B: L'hirondelle by Boyer and Milano Baritone with piano and violin) (3:16)

1932

* ''263873 His Master's Voice'' Side A: Je ne sais pas pourquoi by Turk, Ahlert and Nel (Popular song with piano) (3:20) Side B: Coupable by Kahn, Akst, Whiting and Nel (Popular song with piano) (3:27)

References

External links

Audio files of recordings by Georges Beauchemin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchemin, Georges 1891 births 1957 deaths Canadian baritones French Quebecers 20th-century Canadian male singers