The Cape Breton fiddle
Subtitle: making and maintaining tradition
By: Glenn Graham
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781897009093
Subjects: Fiddling; Fiddlers -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island; Celtic music -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island
Description: "In The Cape Breton Fiddle, Glenn Graham - an accomplished fiddler who is fully engaged with Cape Breton music as a performer and researcher - explores both the roots of the tradition he upholds and its contemporary status. Do the "drastic" loss of Gaelic, the adoption of the tradition by non-Gaels, global influences and commercial success conspire to change the musical language as well?" "This social history of the music and an assessment of its current status are overdue. Graham's knowledge of the history of Cape Breton's fiddling traditions, key players and indeed his close association with the best-known and most knowledgeable figures, convey a unique sense of the making and maintaining of the Cape Breton fiddle."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.--Saint Mary's University) under the title: Cape Breton fiddle music

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