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Ives, Edward D.

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

University of Maine at Orono.

Prince Edward Island — Social life and customs.

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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

Beaton, Virginia

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

Williams, Scott

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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MacGillivray, Allister

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

Zinck, John R.

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

Goodall, Lian

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

Milkau, Liz.

Contraltos — Canada Biography Juvenile literature.

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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

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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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.

Ethnomusicology.

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Anderson, Hugh

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

Ballad, Australian.

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Karpeles, Maud

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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Bronson, Bertrand Harris

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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Bronson, Bertrand Harris

The singing tradition of Child's popular ballads Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1976. xlvi, 526 pages : music ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3650 S617 B869

MacInnes, Sheldon

A journey in Celtic music : Cape Breton style / Sheldon MacInnes.  Sydney : University College of Cape Breton Press, 1997. 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3563.7 M6 M152

Fowke, Edith

Traditional singers and songs from Ontario Hatboro, Pa., Folklore Associates, 1965. viii, 210 pages illus., ports. 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3563 T763 F784

Lawis, G. Malcolm

American balladry from British broadsides: a guide for students and collectors of traditional song / by G. Malcolm Lawis, Jr..  Philadelphia : American Folklore Society, 1957. xiii, 315 pages; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3553 A512 L425

Bayard, Samuel Preston

Hill country tunes: instrumental folk music of southwestern Pennsylvania / collected and edited by S.P. Bayard.  Philadelphia, American Folklore Society, 1944. xxvii, 8 [122p.] [2]l. of plates. 2 ports; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3551 H645

Brand, Oscar

The ballad mongers : rise of the modern folk song / Oscar Brand.  New York : Funk & Wagnalls, 1962. 240 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3551 B188 B817

Folk-songs, American — History and criticism.

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Roberts, Helen Heffron

Form in primitive music : an analytical and comparative study of the melodic form of some ancient southern California Indian songs / by Helen H. Roberts.  New York : American library of musicology : W. W. Norton, 1933. x, 180 pages ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3547 R631 F723

The songs ... are derived from three sources: Luiseño, Gabrielino presumably mainland although not clearly so and a small number plainly stated to belong to Catalina.--Introd., pages 2. Includes music.

First Nations of North America — Music
Luiseño Indians
Gabrielino Indians
First Nations of North America — California — Santa Catalina island
Shoshonean Indians — Religion and mythology
Musical form
Musical instruments, Primitive.

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Seeger, Pete

The incompleat folksinger / by Pete Seeger. Edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.  New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972. viii, 596 pages : illus. ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3545 S451 I37

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

National music / by Ralph Vaughan Williams.  First edition. London ; New York etc. : Oxford University Press, 1934. ix, 146 pages : illustrations (music) ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3545 N277 W726

National music
Folk songs — History and criticism
Music, Origin of.

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Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James)

English folk song, some conclusions / by Cecil J. Sharp.  2nd ed. London : Novello & Co., Ltd. : The Wessex Press, 1936. xvi, 143 pages: music; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3545 E58 S531

Morehouse, Ralph E.

A history of barbershopping in Atlantic Canada / by Ralph E. Morehouse.  Bedford : PAPPYS, 1994. xi, 83 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3516 M838 1994

Subtitle on cover: 1946-1994.

Barbershop singing — Atlantic Provinces — History.

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Gowans, Linda

Am Bron Binn : an Arthurian ballad in Scottish Gaelic / Linda Gowans.  East Sussex, England : Linda Gowans, 1992. vii, 126 pages ; 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML2831 A479 G722 1992

Ballads, Scots — History and criticism
Scots — Songs — Music

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