Newfoundland Rhapsody :Frederick R. Emerson and the Musical Culture of the Island

Publication subTitle :Frederick R. Emerson and the Musical Culture of the Island

Author: Colton   Glenn David  

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9780773589377

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773542518

Subject: K81 Biography;K82 China

Keyword: 传记

Language: ENG

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Description

A new perspective on the cultural heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador told through the life of Frederick R. Emerson.

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Acknowledgments

Prelude: Toward a “Newfoundland Renaissance”: Frederick Emerson and the Mediation of Culture

1 The Early Years: Family Life, Bishop Feild College, and the “Ode to Newfoundland”

2 Across the Pond and Back Again: Framlingham College, Early Musical Works, the Practice of Law, and Marriage to Isabel Jameson

At Home in “Quinnipiac”: Family Life, Foreign Guests, and Newfoundland’s “Cultural Ambassador”

4 Cultural Awakenings and Kindred Spirits: Queen’s College, the “Voice of Newfoundland,” and Eleanor Mews Jerrett

5 “She’s Like the Swallow”: Maud Karpeles, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Emerson, and the Preservation of Newfoundland Folksongs

6 Of Folk Schools and Folk Theatre: The Markland Settlement and Proud Kate Sullivan

7 For the Love of Music: Memorial University College and the Newfoundland Folk Music Lectures

8 “I just arrived in Canada”: Emerson, the Canada Council, and the Canadian Folk Music Society

9 Final Opus

APPENDICES

1 Selected Works of Frederick R. Emerson

2 Frederick R. Emerson, “Newfoundland Folk Music”

3 Selected Lectures of Frederick R. Emerson

4 Selected Correspondence (1934-1970)

5 Proud Kate Sullivan (A Drama in One Act)

6 Selected Musical Works of Frederick R. Emerson

Notes

References

Index