Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada 9780228000143

Table of contents :
Cover
Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Figures and Table
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Study of Music in Canada: Ethnomusicological Sources and Institutional Priorities
Part One | Transforming Musical Traditions
Introduction
2 Le bon vieux temps: The Veillée in Twentieth-Century Quebec
3 Kathak in Canada: Classical and Contemporary
4 Taking the Piss Out: Presentational and Participatory Elements in the History of the Cape Breton Milling Frolic
5 Improvising on the Margins: Tradition and Musical Agency in les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
6 The Continuities and Legacies of English Song Traditions in Nova Scotia
Part Two | Rethinking Genres and Artistic Practices
Introduction
7 Metis (Style) Fiddling: From Historical Roots to Contemporary Practice
8 War Drums in Chinatown: Chinese Canadian Lion Dance Percussion as Martial Art
9 “Holy jeez, I can hear everything”: Liveness in Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings
10 Fantastic Voyage: The Diasporic Roots and Routes of Early Toronto Hip Hop
11 Identity, Aesthetics, and Place in Medicine Dream’s “In This World”
Part Three | Heterogeneity, Diversity, and the Possibility
Introduction
12 A View from Toronto: Local Perspectives on Music Making, Ethnocultural Difference, and the Cultural Life of a City
13 Re-imagining the Nation: The CBC as a Mediator of Ethnocultural Encounter in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
14 Music, Mimesis, and Modulation among Mennonites in Rural Manitoba
15 Ukrainian Catholic Congregational Singing in Canada: Sounds in Service and Celebration
16 (Re)Presenting Indigenous Activism in the Nation’s Capital: Signifying Resistance across Time and Place through Music in Alanis Obomsawin’s Trick or Treaty? (2014)
Accompanying Video and Audio Examples
Contributors
Index