Couldn't have a wedding without the fiddler
Subtitle: the story of traditional fiddling on Prince Edward Island
By: Ken Perlman
Edition: First edition.
Series: Charles K. Wolfe music series; Charles K. Wolfe music series
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781621900979
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Social life and customs; Fiddling; Music; Fiddlers; Folk musicians; History
Other titles: Traditional fiddling on Prince Edward Island
Notes: "Glossary": pages 425-428.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-440), discography (pages 421-423), and index.
Table of contents: title: Cradled on the waves; title: The third most important person in the district; title: "Music was the next thing to eatin' "; title: The "gift" and other attitudes about fiddling; title: "That's the way we had to learn"; title: "I could bring what was in my mind out on the fiddle"; title: "Knights of the bow"; title: "I'd have to say it was a bad instrument"; title: "Everybody got a different style ot play"; title: "It's always better with accompaniment"; title: "The devil was in these fiddle contests"; title: The dances; title: The role of radio and recordings; title: The repertoire; title: "It's amazing how quick it did go down"; title: "If everybody does a little bit, great things can happen"; title: "There's been a big revival of music on the island"; title: Appendix A. Musical examples; title: Appendix B. Lists of interview sessions; title: Appendix C. Lists of collected tunes; title: Appendix D. Pronunciation guide; title: Appendix E. Discography and suggested listening.