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Tributes are pouring in to the person in the back of such hits as “Le petit roi,” “Je reviens chez nous” and “Une chance qu’on s’a.”
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Tributes had been pouring in because the dying Saturday of celebrated Quebec lyricist, composer and singer Jean-Pierre Ferland. He was once 89.
The composer of “Une chance qu’on s’a” died of herbal reasons, mentioned the company representing him. He was once admitted on Feb. 14 to a long-term help clinic in St-Gabriel-de-Brandon in Quebec’s Lanaudière patch.
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For the reason that announcement of his dying, response on social media has been common. A few of it:
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High Minister Justin Trudeau posted on Saturday evening at the platform X that “Jean-Pierre Ferland was a giant of francophone music. He wrote and sang songs which will forever be a part of Quebec culture. We will miss him greatly.”
Quebec Premier François Legault hailed Ferland as “a great architect of Quebec chanson … I listened to his album ‘Jaune’ over and over. So many great successes: ‘Le petit roi,’ ‘Je reviens chez nous,’ ‘Une chance qu’on s’a’ … composer of the unforgettable song ‘Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin,’ performed by Ginette Reno on Mount Royal.”
Quebec tradition minister Mathieu Lacombe, who previous Saturday had attended the funeral of former provincial Unselfish cupboard minister Benoît Pelletier, wrote on X: “Great people are leaving us. (Ferland’s death) is such sad news … we will miss his songs, his words, his deeply personal style. My thoughts are with his family and those close to him. Thank you for everything, M. Ferland.”
Parti québécois head Paul St-Pierre Plamondon mentioned: “We have lost an artist who marked the spirits of several generations of Quebecers. his voice and his melodies will continue to resonate in our souls and in our heads … I offer my sincere condolences to everyone close to him and to the entire artistic world.”
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Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois: “Jean-Pierre Ferland made Quebec sing. ‘Jaune’ brought Quebec music into modernity. His legacy is enormous. In my name and in the name of Québec solidaire, I offer my sincere condolences to his family and everyone close to him. Adieu Monsieur Ferland.”
Marc Tanguay, meantime chief of the Quebec Unselfish celebration, saluted “a veritable giant, a legend of Quebec music.” He mentioned Ferland’s “songs will remain engraved in our collective memory. Many of us will be humming them for years to come. Through a long career marked by success, it’s worth mentioning his album ‘Jaune,’ which came out in 1970 and is most certainly … one of the best of all time.”
“There are very few giants of our songs and our soul,” mentioned Bloc québécois head Yves-François Blanchet on X. “Jean-Pierre – passionate, in love with every minute and every note … who gave goose bumps to an entire people, alongside Ginette et Céline.”
Montreal mayor Valérie Plante mentioned that Ferland’s “songs will resonate for a long time in our homes. His memory will be honoured forever at Place des Fleurs-de-Macadam, on Mount Royal Ave.”
The plaza, a multifunctional area on Mount Royal Ave. E. between Boyer and de Mentana Sts. is the former website of a gasoline station operated by means of Jean-Pierre Ferland’s father, Armand, and it is known as for one among his songs: Its identify interprets as “flowers in asphalt.”
“The charmer of Quebec has died,” mentioned Quebec Town mayor Bruno Marchand, “His departure leave an enormous void in Quebec culture, but his vast legacy will comfort us during these sad moments. Thank you, M. Ferland.”
Singer Céline Dion paid homage to Ferland by means of pronouncing he “had a major impact on the music industry” and by means of sharing a video of the 2 of them appearing ‘Une chance q’on s’a.’
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Singer, songwriter and actor Roch Voisine mentioned he was once “extremely saddened to learn of the death of one of the giants of francophone song, the incomparable Jean-Pierre Ferland … his album Jaune changed everything, as did the hundreds of songs he offered us after it. Rest in peace, Monsieur Ferland.”
The Folk of Composers, Authors and Tune Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) posted: “Infinite gratitude for the immense œuvre which Jean-Pierre Ferland bequeaths to Quebec and Canadian society and to the entire francophone world. He carried Quebec song a bit higher and a bit farther and we are eternally grateful for this.”
The Affiliation québécoise de l’industrie du disque (L’ADISQ) saluted the profession of “a great pillar of Quebec song, who received the Félix award (an award given annually by L’ADISQ to artists working in the music and humour industry in Quebec) in 1997. May his music resonate for many years to come.”
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