Author: Marius BarbeauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Folk Songs of French Canada
Author: Marius BarbeauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A Newfoundlander in Canada
Author: Alan DoylePublisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385686218
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time. Armed with the same personable, candid style found in his first book, Alan Doyle turns his perspective outward from Petty Harbour toward mainland Canada, reflecting on what it was like to venture away from the comforts of home and the familiarity of the island. Often in a van, sometimes in a bus, occasionally in a car with broken wipers "using Bob's belt and a rope found by Paddy's Pond" to pull them back and forth, Alan and his bandmates charted new territory, and he constantly measured what he saw of the vast country against what his forefathers once called the Daemon Canada. In a period punctuated by triumphant leaps forward for the band, deflating steps backward and everything in between--opening for Barney the Dinosaur at an outdoor music festival, being propositioned at a gas station mail-order bride service in Alberta, drinking moonshine with an elderly church-goer on a Sunday morning in PEI--Alan's few established notions about Canada were often debunked and his own identity as a Newfoundlander was constantly challenged. Touring the country, he also discovered how others view Newfoundlanders and how skewed these images can sometimes be. Heartfelt, funny and always insightful, these stories tap into the complexities of community and Canadianness, forming the portrait of a young man from a tiny fishing village trying to define and hold on to his sense of home while navigating a vast and diverse and wonder-filled country.
French-Canadian Songs
Author: Raoul RenaultWildings
Author: Eleanor GlewwePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451468856
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"Rivka, one of the magical elite, embarks on a quest to find her twin brother, Arik, who was sent away when he failed to develop his own magical abilities"--
Traditional Breton Dance Tunes - Fest Breizh
Author: David SurettePublisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619112124
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
The traditional music of Brittany has long been a passion for guitar and mandolin player David Surette, who has now edited and published a collection of Breton dance tunes. Fest Breizh contains 50 traditional dance tunes: gavottes, en dros, larides, and many others, collected and transcribed in standard notation, with chords provided as well. Unlike some previous collections, which have been principally keyed with a B-flat bombarde and bagpipe in mind, these are all in typical fiddle tunes keys. There is also an extensive discography, which provides the means to tracking down a recorded version of the tune, as well as some background notes and information about Breton music. the book contains most of the Breton material that Surette has recorded on his 4 solo CDs over the years.
Forty-four French Folk-songs and Variants from Canada, Normandy, and Brittany
Author: Julien TiersotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs, French
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Songs of French Canada
Author: Lawrence Johnstone BurpeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, French
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Songs Upon the Rivers
Author: Robert FoxcurranPublisher:
ISBN: 9781771860925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"Legal deposit, 4th quarter 2016"--Title page verso.
Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island
Author: Ken PerlmanPublisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610655222
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Over 425 reels, jigs, set-tunes, waltzes, marches, strathspeys, and airs transcribed from the playing of traditional fiddlers make this a must have title
Sparkers
Author: Eleanor GlewwePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069815083X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A magical world that will captivate fans of Kate DiCamillo and Diana Wynne Jones. Marah Levi is a promising violinist who excels at school and can read more languages than most librarians. Even so, she has little hope of a bright future: she is a sparker, a member of the oppressed lower class in a society run by magicians. Then a mysterious disease hits the city of Ashara, turning its victims’ eyes dark before ultimately killing them. As Marah watches those whom she loves most fall ill, she finds an unlikely friend in Azariah, a wealthy magician boy. Together they pursue a cure in secret, but more people are dying every day, and time is running out. Then Marah and Azariah make a shocking discovery that turns inside-out everything they thought they knew about magic and about Ashara, their home. Set in an imaginative world rich with language, lore, and music, this gripping adventure plunges the reader into the heart of a magical government where sparks of dissent may be even more deadly than the dark eyes.