Listening to the Fur Trade Soundways and Music in the British North American Fur Trade, 1760-1840
Listening to the Fur Trade uses the written record, oral history, and material culture to reveal histories of sound and music in an era before sound recording. Daniel Laxer uncovers songs and ceremonies of First Nations people, the paddling songs of the voyageurs, and the fiddle music and step-danci...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Montreal
McGill-Queen's University Press
2022
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed |
| Schriftenreihe: | McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada Series
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover
- LISTENING to the FUR TRADE
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Special Terms
- Introduction
- 1 With a Bang: Gunpowder and Firearms
- 2 Musical Encounters
- 3 Military Instruments and "Turned" Drums
- 4 Dances of Diplomacy
- 5 Soundways Montreal to La Cloche
- 6 Paddling Songs
- Chansons D'aviron
- 7 Indigenous Hunting and Healing Songs
- 8 Music of the Trading Posts
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index