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    Oswald Michaud

    Oswald Michaud. Acoustician, pianist, inventor, b Verner, near North Bay, Ont, 18 Jul 1891, d Montreal 24 Aug 1966.

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    Otto Armin

    (John) Otto Armin. Violinist, teacher, b Winnipeg 22 May 1943. He studied 1946-54 with his father, Jay, 1954-61 with Carl Chase in Detroit, 1962-4 with Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and 1967-70 with Lorand Fenyves in Toronto.

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    Otto Donald Rogers

    Otto Donald Rogers, painter, sculptor (born 19 November 1935 in Kerrobert, SK; died 28 April 2019 in Picton, ON).

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    Otto Jacobi

    Otto Reinhold Jacobi, painter (born in 1812 in Königsberg, East Prussia; died in 1901 in Jarva, Dakota). 

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    Otto Joachim

    Otto Joachim. Composer, teacher, violist, violinist, b Düsseldorf 13 Oct 1910, naturalized Canadian 1957, d Montreal 30 Jul 2010; hon LLD (Concordia) 1994. Joachim's father, Emil Joachimsthal, was an opera singer. Joachim studied the violin 1916-28 at the Buths-Neitzel Conservatory.

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    Otto Julius Klotz

    Otto Julius Klotz, astronomer (b at Preston, Canada W 31 Mar 1852; d at Ottawa 28 Dec 1923). With W.F. KING and E.G. DEVILLE, Klotz was responsible for the formation of the astronomical branch of the Department of the Interior, and for the building of the Cliff Street Observatory in 1890.

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    Otto Maass

    Otto Maass, educator, scientist (b at New York C, NY 8 July 1890; d at Montréal 3 July 1961). Maass was educated at McGill and Harvard (PhD 1919). In 1920 he joined McGill's staff and in 1923 became Macdonald Professor of Chemistry there, a position he retained until 1955.

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    Otto Morando

    Otto Morando. Tenor, teacher, b Prague 1869?, d Los Angeles 16 Nov 1953. After study in Austria and Italy he sang in opera in various European centres before turning to teaching.

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    Otto Sverdrup

    Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup, arctic explorer and author (born 31 October 1854 in Bindal, Norway; died 26 November 1930 in Bærum, Norway). Otto Sverdrup led the second Fram expedition from 1898 to 1902 to the Canadian Arctic and claimed the Sverdrup Islands on behalf of the Norwegian Crown. Sverdrup’s voyage prompted a series of Canadian Arctic expeditions to defend Canadian sovereignty in the far north. Despite Sverdrup’s objections, Norway recognized Canada’s claim to the Sverdrup Islands in 1930.

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    Otto-Werner Mueller

    Otto-Werner Mueller, conductor, teacher, pianist (born 23 June 1926 in Bensheim, Germany; died 25 February 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina). Otto-Werner Mueller was one of the world’s most respected conducting teachers. After immigrating to Montreal in 1951, he worked for CBC Radio and TV. He also served as chorus master for the opera class of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec (CMM). He founded the Victoria School of Music in 1963 and conducted the Victoria Symphony Orchestra from 1963 to 1967. He conducted the premieres of works by André Prévost, S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté and Malcolm Forsyth before relocating to the United States. He also taught conducting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Yale School of Music, the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music.

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    Gaston Ouellet

    Gaston (Marcel) Ouellet. Harpsichord maker, teacher, musicologist, born Dolbeau, Lac-St-Jean, Que, 24 Jan 1930, died Pointe-Claire, Que, 2 Sep 2011; B MUS (Montreal) 1967, L MUS (Montreal) 1968, MA (Wayne State, Detroit) 1968, D MUS (Montreal) 1974.

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    Ounanguissé

    Ounanguissé (“Shimmering Light of the Sun,” also spelled Onangizes, Onanguisset and Onanguicé) was wkama (leader) of the Potawatomi ca. 1660s–1701. He was an important figure in the alliance between the French and Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He is most well known for a speech he gave regarding this alliance during a meeting he had with the governor general of New France, Louis de Buade de Frontenac in 1697. He also made an important contribution to the establishment of the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701.

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    Our Lady Peace

    Our Lady Peace is a rock group formed in Toronto in 1992 by Raine Maida (vocals) and Mike Turner (guitar). The group's name is drawn from a poem written in 1943 by American Mark Van Doren.

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    Our Lady Peace

    Our Lady Peace is an alternative rock band that formed after guitarist Mike Turner and singer Michael Maida (who changed his first name to Raine) met in Toronto in 1991.

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    Out of the Suburbs

    With the world at their feet, Arcade Fire follows up a masterpiece with . . . a dance album?This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 18, 2013

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