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Title:
Songs of old Manitoba [music score] : with airs, French and English words, and introductions
Publication Date:
1960
Publication Information:
Toronto : Ryerson Press, 1960.
Physical Description:
x, 93 pages of music ; 22 cm
General Note:
The airs are unaccompanied.
Contents:
Introduction / by W. L. Morton -- The Battle of Seven Oaks, or The Frog Plain song / Pierre Falcon ; translated by James Reaney -- Lord Selkirk at Fort William / Pierre Falcon ; translated by Robert L. Walters -- The buffalo hunt / attributed to Agnes Laut -- The Dickson song / Pierre Falcon ; translated by Robert L. Walters -- Misfortunes of an unlucky "King" / Pierre Falcon ; translated by Robert L. Walters -- Song of the Métis / translated by L. Verrault -- The marching song / Alexander Hunter Murray -- Song of the Métis maiden / Louis Riel ; translated by L. Verrault -- Capture of Fort Garry, or Riel's retreat / Alexander Hunter Murray -- The idol of his party / translated by L. Verrault -- The hunter and the farmer / translated by Robert L. Walters -- The homesteader / Jonathan Hughes Arnett -- O prairie land -- Tragedy at Meadow Lea -- Harvest / Jessie Louise Hetherington -- Manitoba / Jonathan Hughes Arnett.
Language:
English