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Lafontaine Gardens upon the occasion of Lavallée's remains being moved from Boston to Montreal. The music presented was the result of Gagnier's unearthing of original scores by Lavallée held in private collections and libraries. In 1942 he founded the Gagnier Woodwind Quintet which consisted
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which he directed through 1931. From 1927 to 1929 he conducted the
Montreal Symphony Orchestra (no relation to the current orchestra of that name). In the summer of 1933 he organized a special concert of un-published works by
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Canadian Army; a position he held through 1947. In 1917 he became music director of the Sohmer Park Concert Band, a post he held for three years.
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