Marius Cayouette (3 November 1904,

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– 16 March 1985,

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) was a Canadian

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

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, and music educator. As a composer, he is best known for his works for organ, including ''Deux Ex-voto'', Offertoire on ''Hodie Christus natus es'', ''Thèmes grégoriens'' for Easter, ''Deux Miniatures'' (Christmas and Easter), and ''Prélude sur un cantique à Ste-Anne''. He is also known for his ''Ave Maria'' for

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. Cayouette was the organist at the Église de Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand in Montreal from 1924 to 1974. He concurrently served as the chair of musical aesthetics at

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from 1946 to 1952. He also taught both music history and music aesthetics on the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec. He was a member of the Diocesan Commission for Sacred Music. His papers are held in the Claude Lagacé collection at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cayouette, Marius 1904 births 1985 deaths Academic staff of Université Laval Academic staff of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec Canadian composers Canadian organists