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Bio of composers > MATTON, Roger
 Roger
Matton belongs
to a generation of Quebec composers that arose
from the composition classes of Claude Champagne
at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal,
including François Morel, Pierre Mercure,
Serge Garant and others. While in Paris he studied
with Andrée Vauraboug-Honegger, Nadia
Boulanger and Olivier Messiæn.
Several of his orchestral works have been performed
and recorded in Canada, the United States and
Europe. Since 1956 he has been attached to the
Archives de Folklore de l'Université
Laval in Quebec. In 1984 Roger Matton was awarded
the Order of Canada for his contribution to
the preservation of the Folkmusic of Acadia
and Quebec.
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