Couldn't Have a Wedding Without the Fiddler: The Story of Traditional Fiddling on Prince Edward Island

by Ken Perlman

Canada's Prince Edward Island is home to one of the oldest and most vibrant fiddling traditions in North America. First established by Scottish immigrants in the late eighteenth century, it incorporated the influence of a later wave of Irish immigrants as well as the unique rhythmic sensibilities of the Acadian French, the Island's first European inhabitants. In Couldn't Have a Wedding without the Fiddler, renowned musician and folklorist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621900975
• ISBN13: 9781621900979
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"