Charles-Hubert Perrault

Charles Hubert Perrault is a Canadian businessman, born September 2, 1922}} in Montreal and died on August 30, 2019 in Sherbrooke.

Biography Born 22 September 1922 in Montreal, Charles Hubert Perrault is the son of Jean-Julien Perrault, architect, and Laurette Beaubien. Perrault descends from a long line of architects, including his great-grandfather, Henri-Maurice Perrault (1828-1903), his great-uncle Maurice Perrault, and his grandfather, Joseph Perrault (1866-1923). His mother, Laurette Beaubien, is the daughter of Joseph Beaubien, long time mayor of Outremont, and the granddaughter of Louis Beaubien, minister of colonization and one of the founders from the city of Outremont.

Early Years After studying metallurgy at McGill University, he served in the "Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Corps" in Europe then as an engineer in several companies, among others Alcan and at QIT Fer et Titane [1].

Casavant Frères Since its founding in 1879, Casavant Frères of St-Hyacinthe only manufactured electro-mechanical organs according to an artistic conception dating from the Template:19th century . From the 1950s on, there was a revival of interest, initiated in Europe, for mechanical organs designed in the Template:18th century, and for which was written the music of the great Baroque composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude [2]. This artistic reform was adopted by young organists from Quebec (Gaston Arel ',' Raymond Daveluy ',' Bernard Lagacé) who succeeded in convincing administrators of three important churches of Montreal to entrust to the German Rudolf von Beckerath the making of their instruments. Casavant’s pride is hit hard and it recognizes that despite its recent commercial successes, it is time to change direction · [3].

Perrault joined Casavant in 1956 as production manager, and convinced the board that despite the commercial successes of the 1950s, there was an urgent need to change the artistic direction of the company. Under his management and that of its new artistic director, Lawrence Phelps, Casavant adapted to the reform and, by 1969, 20% of its new instruments were mechanical and the company remains the most important organ builder in North America. Perrault was appointed chairman in 1963 and chairman of the board in 1966, a position he held until the sale of Casavant in 1976 [4] · [5].