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Monument to Guillaume Couture in Levis. Guillaume Couture (January 14, 1618 – April 4, 1701) was a citizen of New France.During his life he was a lay missionary with the Jesuits, a survivor of torture, a member of an Iroquois council, a translator, a diplomat, a militia captain, and a lay leader among the colonists of the Pointe-Lévy (now named Lévis city) in the Seigneury of Lauzon, a ...
Guillaume Couture (23 October 1851 – 15 January 1915) was a Canadian choir conductor, composer, music critic, and music educator. [1] Although he never pursued a performance career, he is particularly remembered for his work as a voice teacher, having taught many notable Canadian singers. He is the grandfather of composer Jean Papineau-Couture.
Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother. As a child he studied piano with his mother. He first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1937.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Guillaume Côté CQ (born September 17, 1981) is a Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, composer and artistic director. He is a principal dancer and a Choreographic Associate at the National Ballet of Canada . [ 1 ]
Couture is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian writer; Gerry Couture (1925–1994), Canadian hockey player; Guillaume Couture (1617/18–1701), lay missionary, diplomat and militia captain in New France; Léonie Couture (born 1951), Canadian feminist and charity founder
Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, son of Peter the Great Franz Lehár: Der Zarewitsch; Saint Alexius of Rome. Stefano Landi: Il Sant'Alessio (1631; the first opera written on an historical subject) Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, husband of Lucrezia Borgia Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
Jeanne Wittouck (1781–1849), wife of Jean-Louis Van Dievoet (1777–1854), Secretary of the Belgian supreme court. François Wittouck (1783–1814) husband of Pétronille van Cutsem. Félix-Guillaume Wittouck (1812–1898), distiller , burgomaster of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw .