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Guide
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Site Organization
Guide
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Contributors
Browse
Search
Acknowledgements

Site Organization

This site reproduces the content of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (EMC), Second Edition. As such, it is not updated, and represents a snapshot of EMC as it appeared in 1992. This will be of value to researchers interested in this earlier edition, while offering Web functionality as described below.

For the current version of EMC, consult Historica's Encyclopedia of Music in Canada: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=EMCSubjects&Params=U2 .

Guide

This section describes the organization of entries and shows how to use the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Topics covered are:

Alphabetical arrangement
Form of name for entry
Types of entry
Asterisks and cross references
Usages

Abbreviations and acronyms
Bibliographies and writings
Lists of compositions
Discographies
Filmographies

Bibliography

This section lists the short forms of titles used most often in bibliographic citations throughout EMC and the corresponding full citations.

Abbreviations

This is an alphabetical list of abbreviations and acronyms that have been used extensively throughout EMC.

Contributors

This is an alphabetical list of contributors to EMC.

Browse

This section allows you to browse titles in EMC by clicking on a letter or entering a term.

Search

You can perform a basic keyword search of the full text of the encyclopedia or use the advanced search to search the full text or to restrict the search to the title field.

Acknowledgements

The electronic version of EMC has been a collaboration between the National Library of Canada and the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada board of directors. This website could not have been developed without the participation and support of Ezra Shabas and the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada board of directors.

The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, second edition is indebted to Michael M. Koerner, Rodney J. Anderson, John Beckwith, Bryan N. S. Gooch, Mabel Laine, Mark Miller, Claire Versailles, Patricia Wardrop and Robin Elliott; the National Library of Canada Music Division, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian Music Centre, National Archives of Canada, SOCAN, the Université de Montréal, and the University of Toronto.

The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, electronic edition would like to thank all the original contributors and editors of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada second print edition.

We also gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage, whose Canadian Digital Cultural Content Initiative (CDCCI) made this work possible.

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