Author: O. J. Abbott
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1552380777
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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Edith Fowke (1913-1996) was a renowned Canadian folklorist, folk song collector, researcher, writer, and teacher who during her long career recorded nearly two thousand songs. Awarded the Order of Canada in 1978 and named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1983, Fowke's legacy is recognized by folk singers and scholars alike as the most comprehensive work in its field. Producing radio programs for the CBC throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she was responsible for discovering such eminent singers as LaRena Clark, Tom Brandon, and O. J. Abbott. O. J. Abbott was one of Fowke's most prolific singers, as she collected and recorded over 120 of his songs, 66 of them transcribed for this collection. The songs, mostly of Irish origin, were popular among settlers to the Ottawa valley and in the lumber camps of northern Ontario in the late 1800s. Born in England in 1872, Abbott worked throughout Ontario and Quebec in lumber camps before settling in Hull, Quebec. He recorded numerous records for the Folkways label and performed with such folk heroes as The Travellers, Ian and Sylvia, and Pete Seeger. Songs of the North Woods as sung by O.J. Abbott and collected by Edith Fowke includes a detailed musical analysis that outlines the meter, scale, and range of each song, an index that indicates where each song can be found on the original source tapes, and extensive field notes, interviews, and recording details.
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152168261
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.
Author: David Pichaske
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441197397
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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A remarkably fresh piece of Dylan scholarship, focusing on the profound impact that his Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.
Author: Edith Fowke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
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Author: Helen Myers
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393033786
Category : Alm
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Complementing Ethnomusicology: An Introduction, this volume of studies, written by world-acknowledged authorities, places the subject of ethnomusicology in historical and geographical perspective. Part I deals with the intellectual trends that contributed to the birth of the discipline in the period before World War II. Organized by national schools of scholarship, the influence of 19th-century anthropological theories on the new field of "comparative musicology" is described. In the second half of the book, regional experts provide detailed reviews by geographical areas of the current state of ethnomusicological research.
Author: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota
Publisher:
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Category : North Dakota
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Content warning: Some illustrations and stories depict racist stereotypes to describe Native Americans. Stanford Libraries collects and makes these materials available to facilitate scholarly research and education, and does not endorse the viewpoints within. Our collections may contain language, images, or content that are offensive or harmful.
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: US History Publishers
ISBN: 1603540334
Category : North Dakota
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Author: Lang Elliott
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618006977
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Presents the songs and calls of more than seventy North American birds. Includes audio compact disc featuring songbird concerts and solos.
Author: Ursula A. Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781894725408
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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While well-known songs such as "The Badger Drive" and "Tickle Cove Pond" provide glimpses into the hard labour and rich culture of woods work in early twentieth-century Newfoundland and Labrador, little has been written about the lives of woods workers and the extent of their enduring cultural legacies. Songs, stories, recitations, poems, and instrumental tunes flourished in the woods camps. Many of them were created locally and reflect the people and experiences of woods work. Passed down by oral tradition in bunkhouses and at work sites, in family kitchens and at community concerts, these songs and stories address a gap in our understanding of this occupational culture and its history.This book is the first comprehensive collection of musical compositions, recitations, poems, and narratives written by, for, and about twentieth-century woods workers in Newfoundland and Labrador. It analyzes their significance--as both grassroots social history texts and creative and musical contributions--and creates a portrait of a culture shaped by the harvesting of timber. Inside you will find: a history of lumbering and logging; an exploration of the place of song and story in woods work and culture; musical transcriptions of 76 locally composed songs and tunes, with analysis of this musical tradition; complete song lyrics with contextual discussion; more than 70 archival photos; and a glossary of occupational words.
