Forgotten Songs of the Newfoundland Outports
Subtitle: As Taken from Kenneth Peacock's Newfoundland Field Collection, 1951-1961
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780776623849
Subjects: Songs, english; Folk songs, english, history and criticism; Songs, canadian
Description: "Between 1951 and 1961, the classical composer and pianist Kenneth Peacock (1922-2000) visited the island of Newfoundland six times on behalf of the National Museum of Canada (today the Canadian Museum of History) to collect folksongs. During this period Peacock acquired a total of 766 songs from 118 individuals in 38 communities."