Jean-Baptiste Labelle

Who was Jean-Baptiste Labelle?

Jean-Baptiste Labelle was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and conductor. He is best known for composing the music to the song Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours with words by George-Étienne Cartier. He also used words by Cartier for the song Avant tout je suis Canadien. Some of his other notable works include the cantatas Cantate: La Confédération and La Croisade canadienne; the operetta La Conversion d'un pêcheur de la Nouvelle-Écosse; the piano pieces Marche canadienne and Quadrille national canadien; and the song Chant des Zouaves canadiens.