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Germain Gauthier

German Gauthier (1950 – 28 August 2025) was a Québécois guitarist, songwriter and composer. Biography Gauthier was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1950. He then started composing music for

German Gauthier (1950 – 28 August 2025) was a Québécois guitarist, songwriter and composer. Biography Gauthier was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1950. He then started composing music for other authors. He wrote Le mur derrière la grange for Donald Lautrec, Un gars comme toi for Renée Claude and Tous les jours de la semaine for Pierre Létourneau. He published his first album in 1974, and continued collaborating with other authors; notably, Pierre Létourneau and Luc Plamondon. He died on 28 August 2025. By his death, his discography totalled over 325 songs, 35 of which had reached number one in Quebec. Discography References

Era
Post-War
Lived
1950–2025
From
Canada
Born in
Quebec City · died Montreal
Known as
singer-songwriter, composer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.