Roll back the years : history of Canadian recorded sound and its legacy : genesis to 1930 / by Edward B. Moogk. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1975. xii, 443 pages : illustrations, facsims., ports. ; 29 cm. &
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML205 M817
Issued also in French. Includes index.
Sound — Recording and reproducing — History
Sound recordings
Phonograph
Music — Canada — Discography.
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National Library of Canada. Music Division
Catalogue of the archival fonds and collections of the Music Division / by Stéphane Jean and Jeannine Barriault. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1994. 1 v. (various pagings) : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML136 O89 N27 1994
Catalogue no. SN3-290/1994--T.pages verso.
Jean, Stéphane, 1964-
Barriault, Jeannine, 1947-
Music — Canada — Archival resources
Musicians — Canada — Archives — Catalogs.
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Encyclopedia of music in Canada / edited by Helmut Kallmann, Gilles Potvin, Kenneth Winters. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1981. xxix, 1076 pages : illustrations, facisms., ports. ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S ML106 C212
...published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; grants from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council under their block grant programs; and a grant from the Publications Fund of the University of Toronto Press.--T.pages verso.
Kallmann, Helmut, 1922-
Potvin, Gilles, 1923-
Winters, Kenneth, 1929-
Music — Canada — Dictionaries.
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MacLean Collection : music collected by Joseph W. MacLean, Washabuck Iona : Highland Village, 1 v. (various pagings) : port. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M41 M34
Highland Village archival finding aid.— Cover. The MacLean Collection contains music collected by the late Joseph W. MacLean of Washabuck, Nova Scotia. Joe MacLean was an accomplished fiddler who gathered one of the most significant collections of traditional Scottish fiddle music in the world.
Fiddle tunes — Catalogs
Iona (N.S.)
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Jerry Holland's collection of fiddle tunes 282 tunes from the repertoire of Jerry Holland / edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. Rev. & expanded ed. Little River : Cranford Publications, 1992. 84 pages : ports. ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M41 H734 1992
For unacc. violin. Cover title. A compilation of traditional and original melodies--Cover.
Fiddle tunes — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Fiddle tunes — Scotland
Fiddle tunes — Ireland
Folk dance music — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island.
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The lighthouse collection of newly composed fiddle tunes / all tunes by Paul Stewart Cranford. Englishtown : Cranford Publications, 1996. vii, 101 pages + 1 compact disc.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M41 C891 L72 1996
CD transferred to SMI Division.
Fiddle tunes — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island.
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American folksongs for piano / Norman Cazden. Stamford, Conn. : Jack Spratt Music 1962. [2], 64 pages: music; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M38.5 A512 C386
Piano music, Juvenile
Folk-songs, American.
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Songs I to English texts / editor, Frederick A. Hall = Chansons I sur des textes anglais / directeur de l'ouvrage, Frederick A. Hall. Ottawa : Canadian Musical Heritage Society = Société pour le patrimoine musical canadien, 1985. xxx pages, 235 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M23 C3 C33 1983
Hall, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1944-
Société pour le patrimoine musical canadien.
Songs, English — Canada — 19th century
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Traditional Celtic violin music of Cape Breton containing strathspeys, reels, jigs, etc. transcribed from the playing of some outstanding exponents of the old style of Highland Scottish fiddling as cultivated in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia : complete with hi / by Kate Dunlay and David Greenburg. Toronto : DunGreen Music, 1996. 158 pages of music : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 T73 1996
Includes index.
Fiddle tunes — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Fiddle tunes — Scotland
Folk dance music — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Folk dance music — Scotland.
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Songs & stories from Deep Cove, Cape Breton / as remembered by Amby Thomas ; edited by Ron MacEachern ; illustrated by Ellison Robertson. Sydney : College of Cape Breton Press, 1979. 49 pages : illustrations, port. ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 T454
The songs; words and unacc. melodies.
Folk songs, English — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Folk songs — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island.
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Songs remembered in exile traditional Gaelic songs from Nova Scotia recorded in Cape Breton and Antigonish County in 1937 with an account of the causes of Hebridean Emigration, 1790-1835 / edited by John L. Campbell ; tunes mostly transcribed by Séamus Ennis. Aberdeen, Scotland : Aberdeen University Press, 1990. xii, 284 pages of music : illustrations, ports. ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 S698 C188
Gaelic words with English translations also printed as text. Errata slip inserted.
Folk songs, Gaelic — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Folk songs, Gaelic — Nova Scotia — Antigonish County.
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The Penguin book of Canadian folk songs Harmondsworth, Eng., ; Baltimore : Penguin Books, 1973. 224 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 P398 F784
Fowke, Edith, 1913-
MacMillan, Keith, 1920-
Folk-songs, Canadian
Folk-songs, French-Canadian
Canadians — Music
Folk songs, French — Québec (Province)
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More folk songs of Canada / Edith Fulton Fowke, Richard Johnston ; illustrations by Elizabeth Wilkes Hoey. Waterloo, ON. : Waterloo Music, 1967. 207 pages ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 M835 F784
For solo voice and piano. Includes chord symbols and index.
Fowke, Edith, 1913-
Johnston, Richard, 1917-
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Favorite French folk songs sixty-five traditional songs of France and Canada.-- New York, Oak Publications 1963. 95 pages illus. 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 M5 1963
Folk music, Canadian
Folk music, French
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Jongleur songs of old Quebec / Interpreted into English by Sir Harold Boulton and Sir Ernest Macmillan. Decorations by Arthur Price. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press 1962. 202 pages illus. 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 J79 B233
Folk-songs, French-Canadian — History and criticism
Folk-songs, French-Canadian.
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Folksongs of the Maritimes / compiled by Kaye Pottie and Vernon Ellis. Halifax : Formac, 1992. x, 182 pages of music : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 F666 M332
Unacc. songs with chord symbol. From the collection of Helen Creighton and other distinguished Maritime folklorists. Includes index. One of the purposes of this book is to serve as a resource for teaching musical concepts and social studies [...]--pages x. Illustrations by Kathy Kaulbach. A teacher's guide is also available.
Creighton, Helen, 1899-
Pottie, Kaye
Ellis, Vernon.
Folk songs, English — Maritime Provinces
Folk songs, French — Maritime Provinces
Folk songs, Canadian (English) — Maritime Provinces.
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Folk songs of Quebec (Chansons de Québec) / Edith Fulton Fowke, notes and translations ; Richard Johnston, musical arrangements ; illustrations by Elizabeth Wilkes Hoey. 1st ed. Waterloo, ON. : Waterloo Music, 1957. 93, [3] pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 F666 F784
English and French text.
Fowke, Edith, 1913-
Johnston, Richard, 1917-
Folk-songs, French-Canadian — Québec (Province)
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La Fleur du rosier : chansons folkloriques d'Acadie = Acadian folk songs / recueillies par Helen Creighton ; sous la direction de Ronald Labelle. Sydney : Ottawa : University College of Cape Breton Press ; Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988. xiii, 262 pages : illustrations, music ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 F53 1988
Text in English and French. Includes bibliographical references.
Creighton, Helen, 1899-
Labelle, Ronald.
Folk songs, French — Maritime Provinces
Folk music — Maritime Provinces
Acadians — Music.
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And now the fields are green a collection of coal mining sons in Canada / compiled by John C. D'Donnell. Sydney : University College of Cape Breton Press, 1992. 1 score (229 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 C652 1992
Unacc. melodies with chord symbols. Words also printed separately. Includes commentary.
Coal miners — Canada — Songs and music
Coal miners — Songs and music
Folk songs, English — Canada
Ballads, English — Canada.
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Canadian folk songs for the young / selected by Barbara Cass-Beggs. Vancouver : J.J. Douglas, 1975. 48 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 C38 C35
Words and unacc. melodies, most of which have chord symbols. Songs in languages other than English are accompanied by English translations.
Cass-Beggs, Barbara, 1904-1990.
Children's songs, Canadian
Folk songs — Canada
Canadians — Music
Folk songs, French — Québec (Province)
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Cahiers canadiens de musique Montreal : Canadian Music Council, 1970-1976. ill. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 C212 M987
Music — Periodicals
Music — Canada.
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Canada's story in song / by Edith Fowke and Alan Mills ; piano accompaniments by Helmut Blume ; music drawn by J.R. Brooks ; illus. and cover by Leo Rampen. Toronto : W.J. Gage, 1961. 230 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 C212 F784
Folk-songs, Canadian
Songs, Canadian.
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Vive la Canadienne : 77 belles chansons du Canada français / Hélène Baillargeon ; préface de Marius Barbeau. 3rd ed. Montréal, Éditions du jour 1962. 157 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 B35 1962
Pelletier-Baillargeon, Hélène, 1932-
Folk songs, French — Québec (Province)
Folk-songs, French — Canada
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Folk songs of French Canada New Haven, Yale university press; etc., etc. 1925. xxii, 216 pages 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1678 B23 1925
Sapir, Edward, jt. ed
Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939, jt. ed.
Yale university. Oliver Baty Cunningham memorial publication fund.
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International Council for Traditional Music
Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music New York : The Council, 1981-. 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - M1627 B936
International Council for Traditional Music.
Folk music — Periodicals
Folklore.
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