Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians

Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians

A very popular song of the Boer War. A note on the cover of this copy indicates a printing run of 1500 copies distributed between three publishers.

Leslie Stuart
The Soldiers of the Queen.
Toronto: Whaley, Royce & Co., [circa 1898]. 6 p.

Brilliant musician, composer and bandmaster, Lavigne entered the music publishing trade in 1877 and entered into a partnership with Louis-Joseph Lajoie in 1881. He is best remembered as the founder of Sohmer Park in Montreal.
	Ernest Lavigne, 1851-1909 *Laissez-moi dormir!* Montréal: Lavigne et Lajoie, [circa 1880]. 3 p.

One of the popular songs of World War I.

Gordon V. Thompson
I Want to Kiss Daddy Good Night.
Toronto: Thompson Publishing Co., [circa 1916]. 4 p.

The music of Carmen Lombardo, Guy Lombardo and his band of Royal Canadians was always very popular even after they moved to the United States.
	Carmen Lombardo (1903-1971) and Gus Kahn Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me. Toronto: Leo. Feist., [circa 1928]. 6 p.

Melody inspired by the radio-novel by Henry Deglun who also wrote the lyrics.

Henry Deyglun
Vie de famille.
Montréal: Éd. Archambault, [circa 1939]. 4 p.

A collection of the most popular songs in French Canada.

Charles-Émile Gadbois
La Bonne Chanson. Septième album.
[Saint-Hyacinthe?, circa 1946].

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