Music of specific Canadian cultures Music of Canadian cultures

1 music of specific canadian cultures

1.1 first nations
1.2 inuit music
1.3 immigrant communities
1.4 french-canadian music
1.5 quebec music
1.6 maritime music
1.7 newfoundland music
1.8 western canada
1.9 caribbean music
1.10 chinese music

music of specific canadian cultures
first nations

the first nations people of canada of number of diverse ethnic groups, each of have own musical traditions. there general similarities, however. music social (public) or ceremonial (private). public, social music may dance music accompanied rattles , drums. private, ceremonial music includes vocal songs accompaniment on percussion, used mark occasions midewivin ceremonies , sun dances.

traditionally, first nations, being resourceful , creative, used materials @ hand make instruments centuries before europeans immigrated canada. first nations people made gourds , animal horns rattles, many rattles elaborately carved , beautifully painted. in woodland areas, made horns of birchbark , drumsticks of carved antlers , wood. drums made of carved wood , animal hides. drums , rattles percussion instruments traditionally used first nations people. these musical instruments provide background songs, , songs background dances. many traditional first nations people consider song , dance sacred. many years after europeans came canada, first nations people forbidden practice ceremonies.

inuit music

approximately 25,000 inuit live in northern canada, spread across nunavut, northwest territories, , nunavik (northern quebec). prior european contact, inuit music based around drums has since grown include fiddles , accordions. music dance-oriented , requested luck in hunting, gambling, or weather, , rarely, if ever, expressing traditional purposes love or specialized forms work songs , lullabies. in 20th century, inuit music influenced scottish , irish sailors, as, influentially, american country music. canadian broadcasting corporation has long been recording inuit music, beginning station in iqaluit in 1961. accordion players charlie panigoniak , simeonie keenainak found audience, latter notably incorporating musical influences polkas , jigs quebec , newfoundland.

katajjaq, or inuit throat singing , has become known curiosity. in traditional singing style, female singers produce melodies deep in throats. pair of singers stare @ each other in sort of contest. common in northern quebec , baffin island, katajjaq singers perform in sync each other, 1 producing strong accent while other producing weak one. contest ends when 1 singer begins laughing, runs out of breath or pair s voices become simultaneous. extent, young inuit have revitalized genre, , musicians tudjaat have incorporated pop structures.

immigrant communities

montreal s large immigrant communities include artists zekuhl (a band consisting of mexican, chilean , quebecer raised in cameroon), karen young, eval manigat (haiti), , lorraine klaasen (south africa), while toronto has large balkan , turkish community has produced, famously, flying bulgar klezmer band , staro selo, alongside punjabi nature, incorporate bhangra, rock, dub, , english punjabi pop, , afro-nubians, included musicians across north america, europe , africa. vancouver has large asian communities, including chinese, indian, , iranian. important artists include orchid ensemble, uzume-taiko , silk road music. moreover, musicians different ethnic backgrounds create hybrid music: proliferasian (chinese, jazz, , free improvisation), birds of paradox (taiwan, ireland , india). orchid ensemble, uzume-taiko , silk road music work different collaborators produce different projects. vancouver inter-cultural orchestra stages large ensemble of 25 players, playing instruments china, india, iran, middle east, japan, korea, vietnam, africa, , west. bands in other cities include finjan winnipeg.

french-canadian music

french-canadian lumberjacks playing fiddle sticks percussion, in lumber camp in 1943.

french settlers brought music them when inhabiting quebec , other areas throughout canada. since arrival of french music in canada, there has been intermixing celtic music of anglo-canada. french-canadian folk music performed accompany dances jig, jeux dansé, ronde, cotillion, , quadrille. fiddle common instrument, played virtuosos jean carignan, jos bouchard, , joseph allard. other instruments include german diatonic accordion, played likes of philippe bruneau , alfred montmarquette, spoons, bones, , jaw harps.

quebec music

french settlers quebec established musical forms in future province, there no scholarly study until ernest gagnon s 1865 collection of 100 folk songs. in 1967, radio-canada released centennial collection of canadian folk songs (much of focused on french-canadian music), helped launch revival of quebec folk. singers yves albert, edith butler, and, especially, félix leclerc , gilles vigneault, helped lead way. 1970s saw purists la rêve du diable , la bottine souriante continued trend. quebec folk continued gain in popularity, artists leonard cohen, harmonium, kate & anna mcgarrigle, jim corcoran, bertrand gosselin, , paul piché found mainstream audience.

since 1979, quebec music artists have been recognized felix award.

maritime music

the music of canada s maritimes has included many artists both traditional , pop genres.

the traditional genre heavily influenced music brought region european settlers, known of scots & irish celtic , acadian traditions. folk songs passed on orally, composed unknown persons. in maritime provinces (new brunswick, nova scotia, prince edward island), sea shanties widespread among whaling , fishing workers. lumber camps of new brunswick have produced own body of folk songs. irish , scottish settlers in eastern provinces of canada brought traditions of fiddling , other forms of music. having declined in popularity during 20th century, revival of maritime traditional inspired music began in late 1970s, led artists such john allan cameron , stan rogers , later, rankins, mary jane lamond, natalie macmaster, ashley macisaac, barra macneils, , barachois.

successful pop acts genres have had degrees of national , international success since beginning of recorded music period. performers diverse hank snow, anne murray, matt minglewood , april wine have experienced tremendous success popular music acts considerable national , international tours , record sales. since 1990s, bands such sloan, joel plaskett, matt mays , buck 65 have made considerable impact.

newfoundland music

anglo-canadian folk ballads particularly well-preserved in newfoundland. widespread barbara allen found in dozens of variations, songs farmer s curst wife , lord randall , , sweet trinity . advent of printing, broadside ballads found throughout canada, many of them anglo songs telling sad songs unfulfilled love. in addition influence of english west country folk music , sea shanties, newfoundland music heavily incorporates themes irish music, elements of provinces french , portuguese history represented.

as maritime provinces, contemporary artists catalyst revival of interest in traditional music. great big sea, figgy duff , irish descendants carried traditional sounds of newfoundland across canada , around world, popular being great big sea.

western canada

among lumber camps of ontario , british columbia, , among homesteaders , farmers of alberta, saskatchewan, , manitoba, anglo settlers adopted numerous american songs. bury me not on lone prairie , example, , song known prairie land , saskatchewan or alberta land , adapted american song called beulah land .

caribbean music

the history of caribbean music in canada started in 1967, toronto s first annual caribana festival. 2000, canada began develop new pole in caribbean music industry. true of genres soca , calypso. recent changes in canada s immigration laws have seen several prominent music artistes commonwealth caribbean david rudder , anslem douglas resettle family canada , developed burgeoning caribbean music industry based in canada.

this trend has been reinforced decrease of industry in new york city area, spurred factors rebranding of 30+ year old caribbean radio station wlib 1090-am inner city broadcasting corporation in 2004. icb rebranding tremendous setback caribbean community and, in essence, splintered caribbean music industry again across new york city metropolitan area. in canada, station s flow fm , chin, both located in toronto, ontario have served bind caribbean music industry regularly rotated scheduling soca , calypso music. during time, several of leading caribbean music djs industry (which happen based in ontario) took air , launched several new songs or mixes. song mixes have been entered various caribbean carnivals in caribbean region , created awareness in caribbean of new soca , calypso talent based in canada.

chinese music

chinese music brought canada on 100 years ago, touring canadian opera troupes entertaining lumber camp, mine, or railway workers. within communities, many amateur music clubs performed cantonese instrumental music , cantonese opera. since 1980s, big waves of chinese immigrants brought many professional musicians canada. today chinese music in canada shared heritage between people china, taiwan, hong kong, , south asia. second , third generations of canadian chinese discovering roots in chinese music. canadian major centres chinese music vancouver, toronto, , montreal. there many professional , amateur musicians in other cities across canada.

vancouver s chinese music community includes many professional ensembles: orchid ensemble, silk road music,vancouver chinese music ensemble, bc chinese music ensemble, , red chamber. professional individuals include erhu players lan tung, jirong huang, nicole lee, rong jung, yun song, , yang zhong cai; pipa players qiu xia , guilian liu; zheng players mei han, wei li, geling jiang; ruan player zhimin yu, dizi player jianmin pan , charlie lui, suona player zhong xi wu. many amateur musicians in vancouver join bc chinese music orchestra.

in addition, chinese musicians in vancouver create cross-cultural projects non-chinese musicians/instruments: proliferasian (chinese, jazz, free improvisation), birds of paradox (chinese, jazz, indian), mozaico flamenco dance theatre (chinese, flamenco), oliver yu duo (ruan , classical guitar), silk road music collaborates brazil guitarist celso manchado. vancouver inter-cultural orchestra large ensemble of chinese, vietnamese, iranian, middle eastern, african, irish, indian....musicians , instruments.

to celebrate vibrant community , diversity of practices, sound of dragon society has been formed in 2013 produce vancouver s first festival featuring chinese instrumental music: sound of dragon – preserve heritage, seek innovation, on 9–11 may 2014 @ roundhouse community centre.