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Couldn't have a wedding without the fiddler : the story of traditional fiddling on Prince Edward Island /
"Canada's Prince Edward Island is home to one of the oldest and most vibrant fiddling traditions in North America. First established by Scottish immigrants in the late eighteenth century, it incorporated the influence of a later wave of Irish immigrants as well as the unique rhythmic sensi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Charles K. Wolfe music series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cradled on the waves
- The third most important person in the district
- "Music was the next thing to eatin' "
- The "gift" and other attitudes about fiddling
- "That's the way we had to learn"
- "I could bring what was in my mind out on the fiddle"
- "Knights of the bow"
- "I'd have to say it was a bad instrument"
- "Everybody got a different style ot play"
- "It's always better with accompaniment"
- "The devil was in these fiddle contests"
- The dances
- The role of radio and recordings
- The repertoire
- "It's amazing how quick it did go down"
- "If everybody does a little bit, great things can happen"
- "There's been a big revival of music on the island"
- Appendix A. Musical examples
- Appendix B. Lists of interview sessions
- Appendix C. Lists of collected tunes
- Appendix D. Pronunciation guide
- Appendix E. Discography and suggested listening.