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**** This monumental work, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects, historical and current, of popular, folk, religious, concert, and other forms of music in Canada, and is cited in BCL3, Sheehy, and Walford. The present revised and updated edition adds 820 new entries, and expands such entries as ethnomusicology and the discography sections throughout. Some 200 old entries have been eliminated, others condensed. Warning: this reference is habit-forming. 9.25x12.25". Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
La musica dei Nativi Americani è una delle massime espressioni della loro cultura, e proprio per questo molto diversa dalla nostra: nella struttura, nel canto, nello scopo e nel significato. The American Indian And Their Music, in italiano “Gli Indiani d’America e la loro musica ”, è la ricerca appassionata di Frances Densmore che, oltre cento anni fa, iniziò a girare di tribù in tribù per registrare, grazie al fonografo, i loro canti e per descrivere dettagliatamente i loro usi e le cerimonie prima che essi fossero irrimediabilmente cambiati dall’influsso occidentale. Ci restituisce suoni (grazie alle partiture contenute nel testo) e immagini (grazie alle descrizioni e alle fot...
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The Music Division was established in 1970 to house the music materials acquired by the National Library of Canada since its founding in 1953. Its objective is to develop the acquisition of documents pertaining to music in Canada while providing a specialized reference service. The Catalogue of the Archival Fonds and Collections of the Music Division provides a general overview of the content of each fonds and collection. In addition to facilitating research, the Catalogue serves to further disseminate information about the musical heritage of Canadians.