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Folk music of Canada's oldest Polish community / La musique traditionnelle de la plus ancienne communauté polonaise du Canada
Language: en
Pages: 100
Authors: John Michael Glofcheskie
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980-01-01 - Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

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A field collection of the repertoire of song and dance music of the Polish-Canadians of Renfrew County, Ontario, and a discussion of its function in their daily
Folk fiddling in Canada
Language: en
Pages: 135
Authors: Roy W. Gibbons
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-01-01 - Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

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A selection of thirty-two traditional fiddle tunes transcribed from tapes with commentary concerning the tunes’ melody, performers, and annotations. An analys
Newfoundland mummers' Christmas house-visit
Language: en
Pages: 201
Authors: Margaret R. Robertson
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984-01-01 - Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

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An examination of the practice of mummery in Newfoundland including a discussion of mummering time, groups, costumes, and behaviour. The author argues that mumm
Many are strong among the strangers
Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: Ellen Karp
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984-01-01 - Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

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A compilation of thirty-four songs of differing ethnicity from the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies folklore collections. The songs are presented in the
Nothing but stars
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Magnus Einarsson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-01-01 - Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

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From the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies are gathered an assortment of legends, anecdotes, poems and songs which reflect the immigra