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This article explores issues raised in interviews with traditional and contemporary Native American musicians and recording artists of the 1990s. It exemplifies how they view their roles vis à vis traditional gender structures and community obligations, how they draw upon different media to communicate their messages, and how they use their work as a form of social action. Their narratives reveal a wide variety of strategies by which they negotiate the double consciousness and multiple relationships of their lives, balancing historically rooted values and traditions with modern ones. I attempt to develop a feminist interpretation that is respectful of the cultural values these women expressed in their conversations with me.
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This article is devoted to the question of French religious music used by Christian Indians of New France during the 17th and 18th centuries. More particularly, it examines the surprising success of this religious and artistic practice in the post-contact North American world. It appears that cultural more than geopolitical or socioeconomic factors can explain the rapid adoption of European religious songs by Indians. In my opinion, only a better understanding of the role traditionally held by singing in the Indian culture could help us identify the cultural basis on which such a success is based. From there, it becomes possible to sustain a larger reflection about Catholicism's influence among Indians during the historical period.
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This study begins with an examination of the background against which was founded the annual Music-Week in Montreal (1923–1937), then presents an analysis of its system of operation, inspired by the American model created in 1920 by Charles Milton Tremaine. Information on the staff of the association, its sponsors, financial grants, concert venues, performers, repertory, and lecturers is discussed; the main points of the press reviews of the events are extracted. The anglophone-francophone cultural dualism with regard to the conception of music and of its role in education emerges clearly in the conclusion, which also highlights the active role of women in the running of organizations destined to spread music in Quebec.
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The national unity crisis in Canada deepened during the 1990s; it became increasingly likely that the French-speaking province of Quebec might separate from the rest of the country. This article examines how press coverage of Céline Dion, the popular francophone singer from Quebec, has intersected with the national unity debate. After providing some background on the debate and Dion, the article explores the linkages between them in Canada's English-language press. The analysis suggests the existence of a pro-unity frame in coverage of Dion. It also identifies how news stories about Dion have been shaped by binary oppositions, quoting practices and other journalistic techniques. The article concludes by noting some similarities and differences between coverage of political events in the national unity debate (such as referendums or constitutional accords) and coverage of Dion which is associated with the debate.
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In a bizarre coincidence, three important Canadian women composers from the same generation recently died within five weeks of each other: Barbara Pentland on 6 February 2000, Violet Archer on 22 February 2000, and Jean Coulthard on 9 March 2000. As a tribute to their lives and work, this colloquy gathers remembrances of them by friends and colleagues, ranging from brief anecdotes to extended memoirs. It is thus a collection of primary documents, which yield many new insights into the lives of our composers, ranging from personal habits to the way they taught composition.
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Dans cet article, l'auteure se penche sur le « phénomène Céline Dion » au Québec sous l'angle de la renommée. Au moyen de quelques fragments du discours qui a alimenté ce phénomène à la fin de la dernière décennie, l'auteure esquisse les contours de deux des figures concurrentes de la renommée que ce phénomène met en évidence : le « héros national » et l'« entrepreneur heureux ». Son analyse illustre comment ces figures de la renommée et les mises en mémoire auxquelles elles prêtent visibilité et valeur, lorsqu'elles sont en action dans la conjoncture québécoise contemporaine, opèrent une fusion, sinon une collusion entre la réussite individuelle et collective, entre l'intérêt personnel et national, et, par le fait même, rattachent différents ordres de matériel culturel au présent « passé » de certaines expériences privées, ressources locales et trajectoires publiques.
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BAT – Das Bulletin des Archivs für Textmusikforschung
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In this exchange with three women composers, Françoise Davoine draws a portrait of their risks, anguish and preoccupations. The speaking-style of the text has been preserved here, giving freshness to the statements as each woman talks about her situation, and the creative process, etc.