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Patronymics from Quebec

Thursday April 3, 2003, 8:30 pm

Benefit Concert

Local names that have survived for centuries
Baroque composers, particularly those of France. Germany, and Italy often named pieces after people, famous or otherwise, whom they knew. Many of the names used for such musical portraits -- sometimes humorous testimonials of friendship, sometimes hommages -- are still used today as family names in Quebec. The purpose of this concert is, by playing pieces with such names, to unite past and present, explore roots, and play with coincidences.