MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Newfoundland And Labrador, British Band, French Horn
14 Mar 2014
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French folk music: old world roots of new world songs. Estimated 19/20 songs had arrived in canada between 1608-1673. Quebec and the gapspe: ballads, narratives, and complaintes. Melodic contours: often the first phrase has a third, then a fifth, often to a high point, then back to the tonal centre. Very different contours from first nations melodies. French traders who travelled inland on rivers and lakes. Needed skills to live off the land. Paddling songs: 2 phrase structure, call and response. Acadians came from poitu, famous for instrumentalists and dancers. Expelled from canada during war in 1755-1763, forced removal by the british (nova scotia, pei, Deported to american colonies, later to england and france, some left for upper canada. Many fled to what is now louisiana. Mais de l"argent y"en avait peu dedans. Early 1700s: french controlled from new foundland to the prairies, north almost to hudson bay, south through ohio and mississippi valleys, to louisiana, 70,000 colonists.
