Calixa Lavallée View Sheet Music for this Artist

• Nationality: French Canadain
  
• 1842 - 1891
• You might know him for: O Canada (Canadian National Anhtem)

Calixa Lavallée (born Calixte Paquet) was a French-Canadian composer who wrote the music for the Canadian National Anthem "O Canada".
He was born at Verchères, Quebec. Lavallée actually enlisted in the Northern army during the American Civil War (he was living in the USA at the time). After the war he had a career in music, particularly as a conductor. O Canada , the Canadian National Anthem, remains his most well-known piece