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list price: $29.95
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also available: Paperback
category: History
published: Jun 1999
ISBN:9781552383148
publisher: University of Calgary Press

Community Music in Alberta

Some Good School House Stuff!

by George W. Lyon

tagged: folk & traditional, history & criticism
Description

An album of photographs and musical experiences during the first century of Alberta's history. Explore Alberta's astonishing musical heritage, from brass bands and minstrel shows to Ukrainian folk music and symphonies, from native singers to Wilf Carter.

About the Author
George W. Lyon has been researching Alberta vernacular culture since 1984. In 1991, he co-edited, with Sid Holt of Gleichen, Alberta, an anthology of Alberta folk and popular poetry, titled A Toast to Baldy Red. Lyon teaches English at Mount Royal College in Calgary and makes music on a variety of instruments.

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