Books – Music
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The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause
Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko
The colourful life of a charismatic champion of Ukrainian independence.
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Sounds of Ethnicity
Listening to German North America, 1850 - 1914
Sounds of Ethnicity takes us into the linguistic, cultural, and geographical borderlands of German North America in the Great Lakes region between 1850 and 1914. Drawing connections between immigrant groups in Buffalo, New York, and Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, Barbara Lorenzkowski examines the interactions of language and music — specifically German-language education, choral groups, and music festivals—and their roles in creating both an ethnic sense of self and opportunities for cultural exchanges at the local, ethnic, and transnational levels.
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The Organ in Manitoba
A History of the Instruments, the Builders, and the Players
Pipe organs were once a central (and sometimes hotly debated) part of Manitoba’s cultural life. The Organ in Manitoba portrays that history — the instruments, builders, players and critics — from the date of the earliest known installations to the 1990s, and includes information on musical organizations such as the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
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Singing Mennonite
Low German Songs Among the Mennonites
In this pioneering book, Doreen Helen Klassen explores a collection of Mennonite Low German songs and rhymes.
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Music from Within
A Biography of the Composer S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté
A Biography of the Composer S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté