Song of a nation : the untold story of Canada's national anthem

Harris, Robert, 1948- author, narrator.

DAISY Sound Recording 2021

Calixa Lavallée, the French Canadian composer of "O Canada," has a compelling, almost unbelievable personal story. He left home at 12 and worked as a blackface minstrel, travelling throughout the United States for more than a decade; he fought and was injured in the American Civil War in perhaps the most important battle of that war, at Antietam Creek; performed for President Lincoln several times; produced the first opera in Quebec and wrote tw...

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Lavallée, Calixa, 1842-1891

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ISBN:

9780221078613
0221078614

Edition:

DAISY edition
Computer data (1 file : 99.5 mb)

Description:

1 computer laser optical disc (7 hrs., 14 min.) : sound ; 12cm
4 3/4 in
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording

Notes:

Canadiana
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Read by the author
Issued also in online resource format
DAISY reproduction. New York : McClelland & Stewart, 2018
Reproduced from: New York : McClelland & Stewart, 2018. 9780771094835
Digital to DAISY
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Studio original

Control Number:

3066984

Other Authors:

Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Harris, Robert, narrator

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