Pierre-Aurèle Asselin

[1] He moved with his family to Montreal around 1901,[2] and, in 1903, he married Cora Laviolette in Notre-Dame cathedral.

In April 1917, he performed in the oratorio Les Sept Paroles du Christ at the Montreal Cathedral.

[1] Through Edison, Asselin released a variety of recordings of arias and other serious classical works.

He recorded eight songs in New York with them, which included arias by Donizetti, Godard, and Massenet, two duets with Guillaume Dupuis using contemporary melodies and a duet with Blanche Gonthier of Sur le lac d'argent by Fauré.

Asselin died in Montreal on December 27, 1964, leaving his fur business to his son Raymond.