The traditional tunes of the Child ballads; with their texts, according to the extant records of Great Britain and America Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1959-1972. 4 v. : music ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3650 T763 B869
Child, Francis James, 1825-1896.
Ballads, English
Ballads, Scots.
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An introduction to English folk song London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1973. viii, 120 pages : facsim., music. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3652 A531 K18
Discography: pages [115]-116. Includes index.
Folk songs, English — History and criticism.
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Colonial ballads / by Hugh Anderson with illustrations by Ronald G. Edwards. 1st ed. Ferntree Gully, Australia : Rams Skull Press, 1955. 155 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3770 C719 A549
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Proceedings of the centennial workshop on ethnomusicology held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 19 to 23, 1967 / edited by Peter Crossley-Holland. Victoria, B.C. : Government of the Province of British Columbia, 1968. 118 pages : illustrations, music.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3797 C951 C397
Sponsored by the Canadian Folk Music Society, Simon Fraser University, and the Department of Extension of the University of British Columbia -- Editorial note. The theme of the Workshop was : Native Indian Music Of The Canadian West Coast and its relationships to the indigenous music of other cultures -- Editorial note.
Crossley-Holland, Peter, 1916-
Simon Fraser University
University of British Columbia. Department of University Extension.
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Ethnomusicology: journal of the society for ethnomusicology Society for Ethnomusicology. v.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3797 E84 S678
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Cape Breton song collection Sydney : Sea Cape Music ltd., 1985. 214 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML385 C237 M145
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The Nova Scotia song collection / compiled and edited by Allister MacGillivray ; scored for piano by John C. O'Donnell. 1st ed. Sydney : Sea Cape Music, 1989. 1 score (iv, 178 pages) : illustrations, ports. ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML385 N935 M145
For voice and piano with chord symbols. Words also printed as text. Includes index, explanatory text, discographies and biographies of composers. Compiler and arr. Canadians.
MacGillivray, Allister, 1948-
O'Donnell, John C., 1935-
Songs — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Songs and music
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Catalogue of Canadian composers Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 254 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML390 K14
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Catalogue of Canadian composers Rev. and enl. ed. St. Clair Shores, Mich., Scholarly Press, 1972. 254 pages 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML390 K14
Music — Canada — Bio-bibliography
Composers — Canada — Biography.
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Portia White : Think on Me / produced and directed by Sylvia Hamilton. Grand Pre, NS : Maroon Films, 2000. 1 videocassette(50 min.) : sound, color ; 13 mm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3930 W45 2000
Biography of Nova Scotia born contralto Portia White, who in the 1940' and 50's was often compared to the American Marian Anderson, covering her singing and teaching careers. Uses archival film and TV footage, excerpts from recordings, and interviews with family, friends, pupils and her accompanist. Small, accompanying poster for film can be found in V/F V.550 #29
White, Portia, 1911-1968
Women singers — Canada — Biography
Contraltos — Canada — Biography
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Singing towards the future : the story of Portia White / by Lian Goodall ; illustrations by Liz Milkau. Toronto : Napoleon Publishing, 2004. 63 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3930 W587 G646 2004
Contraltos — Canada Biography Juvenile literature.
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The East Coast ceilidh : a look at Atlantic Canada's music scene / by John R. Zinck ; foreword by Joella Foulds. Dominion : Vanmarkin Publications, 1998. 75 pages : ports ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML394 Z77 1997
Musicians — Atlantic Provinces — Biography
Musical groups — Atlantic Provinces.
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The Cape Breton fiddler / Allister MacGillivray. 1st ed. Sydney : College of Cape Breton Press, 1981. 193 pages : illustrations, music, ports. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML398 M145
Fiddlers — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Biography
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography.
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Pipers of Nova Scotia : biographical sketches, 1773 to 2000 / compiled by Scott Williams. Antigonish : S. Williams Publishing, 2000. 257, [3] pages : illustrations, ports. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML399 W727 2000
Bagpipers — Nova Scotia Biography.
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Maritime music greats : fifty years of hits and heartbreak / Virginia Beaton and Stephen Pedersen. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1992. xvi, 176 pages : ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML400 M332 B369
Country musicians — Maritime provinces — Biography
Country music — Maritime Provinces — History and criticism.
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Maritime music greats: fifty years of hits and heartbreak Halifax : Nimbus Publishing ltd., 1992. 176 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML400 M332 B369 1992
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Diamonds in the rough : 25 years with the men of the deeps / written and compiled by Allister MacGillivray. 1st ed. Glace Bay : The Men of the Deeps Music, 1991. xi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML400 M534 M145
Men of the Deeps — History
Men of the Deeps — Biography
Coalition — Songs and music — Nova Scotia.
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Lawrence Doyle: the farmer-poet of Prince Edward Island : a study in local songmaking / by Edward D. Ives. Orono : University of Maine Press, 1971. xviii, 269 pages : illus. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML410 I9 D754 I95
Prince Edward Island — Social life and customs.
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Larry Gorman : the man who made the songs / Edward D. Ives. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1964. xv, 225 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML410 I9 G671 I95
Includes index.
Composers — Canada — Biography.
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Joe Scott, the woodsman-songmaker Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1978. xxvii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML410 I9 S427 I95
Composers — Maine — Biography
Lumbermen — Maine — Biography
Lumbermen — Songs and music.
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Don Messer + The Islanders : Presentation Clip 2007. computer disk ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML418 M37 C33
"Masterworks 2007".
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Don Messer's Violin : Canada's fiddle / foreword by Frank Leahy. Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2005. x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML418 M37 R63 2005
The story of Don Messer and his fiddle that made him a nation figure in Canadian music history.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Messer, Don, 1909-1973
Leahy, Frank, 1961-
Don Messer's jubilee (Television program)
Fiddlers — Canada — Biography
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I'm movin' on : the life and legacy of Hank Snow / Vernon Oickle. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2014. 193 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML420 .S674 O39 2014
Born in tiny Brooklyn, Queen's County, Nova Scotia, Hank Snow (1914-1999) enjoyed a musical career that spanned five decades and sales of more than 80 million albums. Journalist Vernon Oickle chronicles Snow's hardscrabble life, from his destitute childhood on Nova Scotia's South Shore, to international fame. Leaving no stone unturned in his richly detailed profile of The Singing Ranger, Oickle exposes the highs and lows of Snow's career, and his journey ('Everywhere, man,') from small East Coast radio stations to the Grand Ole Opry in Texas. Includes a foreword from Hank's son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow, a timeline, discography, and 75 photographs.
Snow, Hank
Country musicians — Canada — Biography
Country musicians — United States — Biography
Singers — Canada — Biography
Singers — United States — Biography
Lyricists — Canada — Biography
Lyricists — United States — Biography
Nova Scotia — Biography
Nashville (Tenn.) — Biography
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Brìgh an Òrain = A story in every song : the songs and tales of Lauchie MacLellan / translated and edited by John Shaw ; airs transcribed by Lisa Ornstein from field recordings ; foreword by Alistair MacLeod. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xxvii, 432 pages : illustrations, maps, music, ports. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML420 M165 B85 2000
Songs: pages [95]-299.
Ornstein, Lisa, 1955-
Shaw, John William.
Folk songs, Gaelic — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Tales — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Celts — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island Folklore.
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On a personal note / Rita MacNeil ; with Anne Simpson. Toronto : Key Porter Books, 1998. 270 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML420 M169 A3 1998
Includes index.
Folk singers — Canada — Biography.
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