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Music in CanadaCapturing Landscape and Diversity |
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The history of Canadian music from the First Peoples to contemporary artists, from classical to pop.
Kwakwaka'wakw welcome songs, an aria from Joseph Quesnel's 1808 opera Lucas et Cécile, rubbaboos (a combination of elements from First Peoples, French, and English music), the Tin Pan Alley hits of Shelton Brooks, and the contemporary work of Claude Vivier and Blue Rodeo all dance together in Canada's rich musical heritage. Elaine Keillor offers an unprecedented history of Canadian musical expressions and their relationship to Canada's great cultural and geographic diversity.
A survey of "musics" in Canada - the country's multiplicity of musical genres and rich heritage - is complemented by forty-three vignettes highlighting topics such as Inuit throat games, the music of k.d. lang, and orchestras in Victoria. Music in Canada illuminates the past but also looks to the future to examine the context within which Canadian music began and continues to develop.
A CD by the author of previously unrecorded Canadian music is included.
A survey of "musics" in Canada - the country's multiplicity of musical genres and rich heritage - is complemented by forty-three vignettes highlighting topics such as Inuit throat games, the music of k.d. lang, and orchestras in Victoria. Music in Canada illuminates the past but also looks to the future to examine the context within which Canadian music began and continues to develop.
A CD by the author of previously unrecorded Canadian music is included.
Details
512 Pages, 6.75 x 9.75
ISBN 9780773533912
March 2008
Formats: Paper with CD, Cloth, eBook
"A landmark in the study of music in Canada ... a fascinating narrative and an indispensable reference." WholeNote
"Well-written, fully documented and engaging, Music in Canada provides a fresh approach to the ongoing documentation of the history of music in our country." The Beaver
"A prodigious effort representing a deep knowledge of all aspects of Canadian music." Gordon E. Smith, School of Music, Queen's University
"This is an important book that goes significantly beyond anything yet published on Canadian music." David Gregory, Centre for Global and Social Analysis, University of Athabaska
"the most up-to-date survey of Canadian music as well as the most inclusive to date." Beverly Diamond, TOPIA
"Music in Canada is a remarkable achievement in establishing a new standard for the study of the musical life within our borders."Carl Morey
"Well-written, fully documented and engaging, Music in Canada provides a fresh approach to the ongoing documentation of the history of music in our country." The Beaver
"A prodigious effort representing a deep knowledge of all aspects of Canadian music." Gordon E. Smith, School of Music, Queen's University
"This is an important book that goes significantly beyond anything yet published on Canadian music." David Gregory, Centre for Global and Social Analysis, University of Athabaska
"the most up-to-date survey of Canadian music as well as the most inclusive to date." Beverly Diamond, TOPIA
"Music in Canada is a remarkable achievement in establishing a new standard for the study of the musical life within our borders."Carl Morey
Elaine Keillor, an internationally renowned concert pianist and Distinguished Research Professor Emerita of Carleton University, is the author of John Weinzweig and His Music: The Radical Romantic of Canada and the editor of several volumes in the Canadian Musical Heritage and the piano series Performing Our Canadian Heritage.
1 Exploring the Sounds of Canada 3
2 Traditional Musical Expressions of the First Peoples 15
3 Music the French Brought to Canada 47
4 Music the British Brought to Canada 67
5 Expanding Settlements before Confederation 92
6 Forging a Nation with Music: 1867-1918 117
7 The Rise of Popular Musics 144
8 Musical Expansion 166
9 From A Rag Time Spasm to I’m Movin’ On 185
10 Performers and Creators: 1945-1970 206
11 I Know an Old Lady: Modern Folk to CanCon Quotas 225
12 Refined Music in Canada and Abroad 249
13 Closer to the Heart 269
14 Space and Identity 295
Appendices 321
Notes 361
References 419
Discography 454
Filmography 455
Index 457
2 Traditional Musical Expressions of the First Peoples 15
3 Music the French Brought to Canada 47
4 Music the British Brought to Canada 67
5 Expanding Settlements before Confederation 92
6 Forging a Nation with Music: 1867-1918 117
7 The Rise of Popular Musics 144
8 Musical Expansion 166
9 From A Rag Time Spasm to I’m Movin’ On 185
10 Performers and Creators: 1945-1970 206
11 I Know an Old Lady: Modern Folk to CanCon Quotas 225
12 Refined Music in Canada and Abroad 249
13 Closer to the Heart 269
14 Space and Identity 295
Appendices 321
Notes 361
References 419
Discography 454
Filmography 455
Index 457
