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Paul Cormier (10 May 1922 – 7 June 2006) was a violinist from Quebec, Canada, known by his stage name Monsieur Pointu.^[1]

Early life

Cormier was born in Les Escoumins, North Shore, Quebec, into a family of traveling musicians.^[2] He began learning to play the fiddle at the age of nine.^[3] He served in the military during World War II.^[4]

Career

As a young man, Cormier played violin on CBJ radio in Chicoutimi, and later in dance clubs and hotels in Montreal.^[2] He performed with musicians Willie Lamothe, Marcel Martel, Roger Miron, and Paul Brunelle,^[4]^[5] and also as an opening solo act at concerts. In the 1970s he toured in Europe and Africa with singer Gilbert Bécaud, taking on the stage name Monsieur Pointu,^[6]^[7] and also hosted a television folk music series on Télé-Métropole.^[2]

Cormier played the sound track for an animated film about his music, Monsieur Pointu, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976.^[8]^[3]^[9] In 1977 he performed at the Fete Nationale in Montreal's Olympic Stadium to a crowd of 40,000.^[10]

Cormier died June 6, 2006, in Blainville, Quebec.^[6] After his death, Cormier's violin was donated to the Jules Saint-Michel violin museum.^[11]

References

^ "A violinmaker practices his timeless craft in the heart of Montreal". Apr 21, 2012, Hamilton Spectator
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mort de Monsieur Pointu". Radio Canada, June 8, 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Monsieur Pointu". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica-Dominion. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Il y a 11 ans, la Beauce accueillait «Monsieur Pointu»". Beauce Magazine, Yvon Thibodeau
^ "Qui est Monsieur Pointu?". Le Jornal de Quebec, 11 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Monsieur Pointu meurt à l'âge de 84 ans". TVA Nouvelles, 7 June 2006.
^ Michel Venne; Miriam Fahmy (2006). L'annuaire du Québec 2007: le Québec en panne ou en marche ?. Les Editions Fides. p. 186. ISBN 978-2-7621-2746-1.
^ "Monsieur Pointu". Collections page. National Film Board of Canada.
^ "The Choices ". March 27, 1976, The Ottawa Journal Section 3, Page 37
^ "Celebration explodes as Fete Nationale opens". Medicine Hat News, June 24, 1977, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
^ "Dans l'atelier de Jules Saint-Michel, luthier". 24 Montreal, 08/03/2012. Jean-François Villeneuve

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