Cape Breton Fiddle
- Publisher
- Cape Breton University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2006
- Category
- Ethnomusicology, Social History, History & Criticism
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897009093
- Publish Date
- Apr 2006
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
In the Cape Breton Fiddle, Glenn Graham, an accomplished Cape Breton fiddler, explores the rootes of the Cape Breton fiddling tradition, an art firmly rooted in Scottish Gaelic cultural forms, through an evolution that has made Cape Breton an icon of creativity recognized throughout the world.
About the author
Glenn Graham is from Judique, on Inverness County’s Ceilidh Trail, and is fro an extended family deeply rooted in Gaelic culture. Glenn has a BA from St. Francis Xavier University and a MA in Atlantic Canada Studies from Saint Mary’s University. In addition to a busy performance schedule, he teaches fiddle and is a researcher at the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre in Judique, NS.