Music in Canada: Capturing Landscape and Diversity [With CD]

by Elaine Keillor

Kwakwaka'wakw welcome songs, an aria from Joseph Quesnel's 1808 opera Lucas et C cile, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773533915
• ISBN13: 9780773533912
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 499 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.7"