We have him to thank for bringing folklore out of the remote corners where it was a part of life and preserving it as a scientific study. The number of his written words boggles the mind. He loved the limelight and was particularly charming on television where he would sing, talk about Canada's folklore, and perhaps perform an Indian dance. I was always amused at annual meetings when he read the report of the nominating committee which began, "President, Myself." There was no suggestion of any other nomination and we were all content to serve as vice presidents or whatever he had in mind. This Society meant a great deal to him and he guided it well as long as his health permitted. I was one of a small group that formed the Canadian Folk Music Society in 1957 when we met in his hospitable home and made our plans.
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In all the years since then I have never known him to be too busy to answer letters promptly or, if I appeared in person, to put his work aside and give me his full attention. I had met him at several conventions of the Canadian Authors Association and began consulting him in the early thirties soon after discovering folklore in Nova Scotia. I got my grant and others followed and that is just one of the reasons why I am grateful to such a good friend. When he mentioned $10,000.00 I was aghast, for that was a large sum in 1957, but I knew his advice was sound and that he knew how much it would take to fulfill my need. Barbeau and described how I would use it. But for how much? I took my problem to Dr. When the Canada Council was formed its purpose and my requirements fitted so exactly that I knew I must apply for a grant. Barbeau's early books, and he writes movingly of his later contacts with the man he regarded as his inspiration. Father Germain Lemieux was led to his lifelong devotion to French-Canadian folklore by encountering one of Dr. Barbeau was instrumental in persuading him to publish his extensive collection of Acadian folk songs and wrote the introduction for the first volume. Graham George raconte comment Barbeau l'a amené a s'intéresser a la Société et commente la reunion qu'a tenue en 1961 Québec a l'International Folk Music Council.įather Anselme Chiasson tells how Dr. Barbeau et examine les ressemblances avec les croyances bouddhistes qu'il voit dans l'approche de la nature et de la culture de M. Kenneth Peacock raconte ses contacts avec M. Helen Creighton parle de la foundation de Ia Société canadienne de musique folklorique par M. Nombre de ses amis et disciples lui rendent hommage et racontent leurs souvenirs. La section suivante est a Ia mémoire du Dr Charles-Marius Barbeau. Canadian Journal for Traditional Music (1984) Homage A Marius Barbeau