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Blanche de la Sablonnière
20 March 1897
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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The following Quebec independent labels have catalogues including vocal, popular and alternative music:

Alouette / APEX / Audiogram / Barclay / Blue Jeans / Boucherie productions / Canusa / Cargo / Carnaval / Carrousel / Célébration / Citation / Cosak / Disques Bleu / Disques double / Disques parapluie / DSP / Fleur de lys / Fonovox - Radio-Canada / Franco / Gamma / GSI /Idole / Jeunesse / Jupiter / K-Tel / Kébek Disk / Kotai / Lero / Local Distribution / Lunatic Asylum / Maisonneuve / Mérite (DDM) / Millionnaires / Musi-comptoir / OG Records / Ondes de Choc / P. G. P. / Passe-Temps / Polydor / Prestige / Promo-Son / Productions Guy Cloutier / Psyche-Industry Records / Radio-Canada / RCA Gala /Rusticana /Rym music / Sélect / Spectrum / Tamanoir / Télédisc / Tir Groupé / Trans-Canada / Tribu, La / Triomphe / Vedettes / XXI-21 / YUL Records / Zodiaque

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Collection of Canadian songs
3 April 1909
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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Sketch of a few artists at the Eldorado at the end of the 19th century
19 August 1899
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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From 1898 to 1908, 300 French-Canadian recordings were made at Edison, Columbia, Victor, Imperial and Berliner; this territory was shared by opera-trained singers and by popular actors (sometimes silent film commentators). Berliner marketed the first Quebec series in 1903, launched by the singer Victor Occelier; in the same year, Edison launched 36 publications for the French Canadian market, highlighting Henri Cartal (bawdy repertoire) who recorded for Columbia in 1905. Other popular artists of the time included Fertinel, Alexandre Desmarteau(x), Blanche de la Sablonnière, Ladébauche (Elzéar Hamel), Charles Dalberty and André Descart.

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Short article on singer Henri Cartal
21 January 1899
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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Henri Cartal, comic singer
3 April 1909
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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In the first third of the 20th century, a few magazines published the words and music of popular songs, including Le Passe-temps, La Lyre, Le Montréal qui chante, Panorama, Le Canada qui chante and the Ouimetoscope magazine; Eddie Prévost was one of the first to set local lyrics to original music; before him, Quebec texts were often song to traditional melodies or popular American or French tunes.

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Score performed by the singer Dubuisson
20 April 1910
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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Alfred Fertinel, performer of popular songs
30 March 1909
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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Score for a romance sung by popular song performer Alexandre Desmarteau(x)
28 November 1908
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Recording studio before the electric age
1914
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Archives nationales du Québec collection

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After a lull between 1908 and 1916, recordings started up again, with offerings of romance, humour and country dances (starting in 1914) being added to those already in circulation (burlesque as well as religious, patriotic, folk and bawdy songs).

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Singer Hector Pellerin
September, 1927
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection