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Betty Nygaard King

Betty Nygaard King hails from Ottawa, where she earned degrees in English literature and music at Carleton University. She worked as a subject editor of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada and as a researcher at Library and Archives Canada and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is the author of Hell Hath No Fury: Famous Women in Crime and Alexander Brott: My Lives in Music.

Articles by Betty Nygaard King

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Alan Mills

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Rita MacNeil

Robb, Frank Morse

Frank Morse Robb

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James Tenney

Robb, Frank Morse

Morse Robb

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Disaster Songs

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World Music

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Songwriters and Songwriting (English Canada) 1921-1954

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Hyman Bress

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Philippe Bruneau

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Heppner, Ben

Ben Heppner

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Kate and Anna McGarrigle

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Adelmo Melecci

Country Hoedown

Tommy Hunter

Boyd, Liona

Liona Boyd

Biddle, Charlie, musician

Charlie Biddle

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Walter Homburger

Ronnie Hawkins, musician

Ronnie Hawkins

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Billy O'Connor

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Victor Braun

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Kenneth Bray

Madame Butterfly

Opéra de Montréal

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Victor Feldbrill

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Susan Jacks

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Terry Carisse

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Bobby Gimby

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Francis Chaplin

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Lawrence Crosley

kim-mitchell

Kim Mitchell

Koffman, Moe

Moe Koffman

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Esprit Orchestra

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Conductors and conducting

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Rodolfo Masella

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Charles Foreman

David Foster

David Foster

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'Darktown Strutters' Ball'

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Jean Blake Coulthard

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Rose Goldblatt

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Jerry Toth

Alexander Brott, musician

Alexander Brott

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Don Ross

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John Duncan

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Maitland Farmer

Fialkowska, Janina

Janina Fialkowska

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Cortland Hultberg

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James Gayfer

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Lewis Furey

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King Ganam

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J.J. Johannesen

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Hyman Goodman

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Arthur Polson

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Ned Landry

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Gaelyne Gabora

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Art Hallman

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Wade Hemsworth

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Gordon Hallett

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Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet/Quatuor de saxophones Gerald Danovitch

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Mario Masella

Elmer Iseler Singers

Elmer Iseler

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Neil Harris

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Samuel Dolin

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Bengt Hambraeus

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Hagood Hardy

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Lance Harrison

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Milton Barnes

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Betty-Jean Hagen

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Julie Holtzman

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Clayton Hare

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Robert Nolan

Forsyth, Malcolm

Malcolm Forsyth

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Pierre Hétu

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Leonard Isaacs

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Myrtle Guerrero

Happy Gang

Robert Farnon

Hunter, Tommy

Tommy Hunter

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Alex Kramer

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Kelsey Jones

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Gerald Bales

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Corey Cerovsek

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Dirk Jr Keetbaas

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Michael Burgess

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Abraham's Children

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Robert McMullin

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Pietro Masella

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Wilf Carter

Captain Billy Bishop, VC

Billy Bishop Goes to War

John Gray, playwright

John Gray

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Walter MacNutt

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Émile Benoit

Louis Riel (opera)

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Gisèle MacKenzie

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Lubomyr Melnyk

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David MacDonald

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Rika Maniates

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Murray, Anne

Anne Murray

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Ronald Gibson

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Patricia Blomfield Holt

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Roger Matton

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Pierre Souvairan

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Georg Tintner

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Gabrielle Bernier

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Norman Symonds

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Zara Nelsova

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John Kuchmy

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James Keelaghan

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Piano Six

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The Original Caste

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Thomas Monohan

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Tommy Reilly

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Martin Beaver

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Renee Rosnes

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Garnet Rogers

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Vancouver Opera

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Eleanor Collins

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Marilyn Engle

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Beatrice Lillie

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Ignatius Rumboldt

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Jerry and Jo'Anne Robitaille

Lichti, Daniel

Daniel Lichti

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Dembeck String Quartet

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Kraus, Greta

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Eric McLean

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Catherine Young

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Willy Amtmann

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Lenny Solomon

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Gerald Jarvis

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Yaron Ross

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Ruth Lowe

Steven Staryk, violinist

Steven Staryk

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'Swinging Shepherd Blues'

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Jimmy Namaro

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Stanley Solomon

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Stephen Willis

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Dorothy Swetnam

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The Bells

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Valerie Tryon

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Hank Snow

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Philip Thomson

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Mavor Moore

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Clifford Hunt

John Gray, playwright

John MacLachlan Gray

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Allan Bell

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Elizabeth Dolin

Maureen Forrester, Canada's Walk of Fame

Maureen Forrester

Celebrating Thirty Years of the <i>Encyclopedia of Music in Canada</i>

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada

Christina Petrowska-Quilico

Christina Petrowska Quilico

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Annamaria Popescu

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Gale Zoë Garnett

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Burton Cummings

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Graham George

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Lothar Klein

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Opera Hamilton

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Judith Forst

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Montreal Chamber Orchestra/Orchestre de chambre de Montréal

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Gary Buck

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Tjot George

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Paul Anka

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Canadian Brass

Pauline Julien

Pauline Julien

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Harry Adaskin

Angela Hewitt, pianist

Angela Hewitt

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Lucille Starr

Claude Léveillée

Claude Léveillée

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Bernard Diamant

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Mavor Moore

Céline Dion

Céline Dion

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Helmut Brauss

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Conrad Bernier

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Paul Berkowitz

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Lotte Brott

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Joyce Hahn

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Graham Townsend Jr

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Jon Ballantyne

Freedman, Harry

Harry Freedman

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Pauline Julien

Somers, Harry

Harry Somers

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Galt MacDermot

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Kenneth Mills

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Freddy Grant

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Norman Symonds

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Jerry Fuller

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Victor Di Bello

Fallis, Mary Lou

Mary Lou Fallis

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Hugh Fraser

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King Biscuit Boy

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Robert Pounder

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Joseph-Arthur Bernier

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Anne Eggleston

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Louise Bessette

Louis Quilico

Louis Quilico

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Ron Collier

Tracy Dahl

Tracy Dahl

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Esprit Orchestra

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Dan Hill

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Walter Joachim

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John Cozens

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André Laplante

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Marcus Adeney

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Alan Gillmor

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Lee Cremo

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Maurice Bernier

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Denis Brott

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Claude Webster

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D'Arcy Shea

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Bill Richards

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Henry Brant

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Wanda Kaluzny

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Diedre Irons

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Lorand Fenyves

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Norma Beecroft

Archer, Violet

Violet Archer

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Guitar

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Rita MacNeil

Roma McMillan, Canadian Fiddler

Roma McMillan

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Eleanor Townsend

Crum, George

George Crum

<i>Snowbird</i>

Gene MacLellan

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Harry Adaskin

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Garth Beckett

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Paul Masella

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Theodore Baerg

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Louis Applebaum

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Georges La Fleche

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Andreas Barban

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Bruce Allen

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Songwriters and Songwriting (English Canada) Before 1921

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Joni Mitchell

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Harvey Perrin

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Chester Duncan

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Winifred Scott Wood

Banks, Tommy

Tommy Banks

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Kevin McMillan

Shania Twain

Shania Twain

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Elliot Weisgarber

Magnussen, Karen

Karen Magnussen

Lara St. John, Canadian Violinist

Lara St. John

Hewitt, Angela

Angela Hewitt

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Hagood Hardy

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Jim Vallance

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Peter Barcza

<i>Squid Jiggin' Ground</i>

Arthur Scammell

Glick, Srul

Srul Irving Glick

Baker, Carroll

Carroll Baker

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Gladys Whitehead

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Ruby Mercer

Randy Bachman

Randy Bachman

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Patrick Cardy

Jeanne Lamon

Jeanne Lamon

$\O Canada": Amabile Youth Singers"""$

Amabile Choirs of London, Canada

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Bob Hahn

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Phillip T. Young

Wiens, Edith

Edith Wiens

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Godfrey Hewitt

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Leonard Leacock

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Guy Huot

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Ricky Hyslop

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I'll Never Smile Again

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Marek Jablonski

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Irene Jessner

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Pierre Jasmin

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Franz Kraemer

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Norbert Kraft

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Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra

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George Little

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Jamie Parker

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Jane Coop

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Glenn Kruspe

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Phyllis Marshall

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Ogreta McNeill

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William McCauley

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Ed McCurdy

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Robert Aitken

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Men of the Deeps

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Eddie Schwartz

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James Morton

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Thelma O'Neill

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Harvey Olnick

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Arlene Pach

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Arthur Ozolins

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Barbara Pentland

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Colleen Peterson

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Tibor Polgar

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Clifford Poole

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Gilles Potvin

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Charles Reiner

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Joan Maxwell

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Janis Kalnins

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Tom Kines

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Paul Scherman

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Carl Tapscott

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John Shepherd

Sévilla, Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul Sévilla

Paul Shaffer

Paul Shaffer

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George Smale

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Some of These Days

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R. Harlan Smith

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Woodstock

Sieb, Calvin, musician

Calvin Sieb

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Starmania

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Teresa Stratas

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Harold Sumberg

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Frances Marr Adaskin

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Earle Terry

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Elyakim Taussig

Sylvia Tyson, musician

Sylvia Tyson

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Sue Foley

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William Tritt

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Graham Townsend

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Andrew Twa

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Marc Jordan

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Robin Wood

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Clifford von Kuster

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Donald Bell

Portia White

Portia White

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John Fenwick

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Alfred Masella

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Giulio Masella

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Madeleine Bernier

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Rafael Masella

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Frank Masella

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Jack Barkin

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Maribeth Solomon

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Mario and the Magician

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Judi Richards

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Pierre Bernier

Centennial Celebrations

Canada’s Centennial Celebrations, 1967

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Edna Little

Amanda Forsyth, cellist

Amanda Forsyth

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The Blackfly Song

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Shelton Brooks

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April Verch

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The Beau-Marks

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I's the B'y

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Boris Brott

Siberry, Jane

Jane Siberry

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Robert Goulet

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Raffi Armenian

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Herbert Belyea

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Ivan Romanoff

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Nancy Argenta

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Earle Moss

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Raffaele Masella

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Marnie Smale

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Kristi Allik

Baker, Michael Conway

Michael Conway Baker

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Lloyd Bradshaw

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Walter Buczynski

Andy Kim

Andy Kim

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Kenneth Peacock

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Michael McMahon

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Peter Appleyard

Anhalt, Istvнзn

István Anhalt

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John Arab

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John McDermott

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Françoys Bernier

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Hélène Baillargeon

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Elmer Iseler Singers

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Leo Barkin

Goldschmidt, Nicholas

Nicholas Goldschmidt

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Joseph Masella

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Jerry Shea

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Terence Bailey

MacPherson, Fraser

Fraser MacPherson

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Ken Tobias

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Linda Lee Thomas

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Boris Berlin

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Naomi Yanova Adaskin

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Gerald Finley

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Lubka Kolessa

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Ida Krehm

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Wesley Berg

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Bailey Bird

Helmut Blume

Helmut Blume

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Gary Buck

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Opera Ontario

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Melville Cook

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Margaret Drynan

Adaskin, Murray

Murray Adaskin

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Lucio Agostini

Bunnett, Jane

Jane Bunnett

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Mona Kelly

Archer, Violet

Violet Archer

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Irving Guttman

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Stanley Osborne

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Ellis McLintock

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Herb Spanier

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John Dembeck

Golani, Rivka

Rivka Golani

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John Arpin

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Richard Johnston

Amati Quartet

Amati Quartets

Jann Arden

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Toronto Philharmonia

Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors

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Ben Mink

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Hair

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Albert Pratz

John Beckwith, musician

John Beckwith

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Peter Allen

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Wishart Campbell

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Eugene Kash

Coulthard, Jean

Jean Coulthard

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Bruce Mather

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Beverley Diamond Cavanagh

Marshall, Lois

Lois Marshall

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Alfred Bryan

R. Murray Schafer, composer

R. Murray Schafer

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William Aide

Banks, Tommy

Tommy Banks

Bernardi, Mario

Mario Bernardi

Elaine Keillor

Elaine Keillor

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John Stromberg

Hamelin, Marc-André

Marc-André Hamelin

Tyson, Ian

Ian Tyson

Edith Fowke, writer

Edith Fowke

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Ron Collier

Coulthard, Jean

Jean Coulthard

Neil Young

Neil Young

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Ida Haendel, Violinist

Ida Haendel

John Kim Bell

John Kim Bell

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

Patrick Chan, Sochi 2014

Patrick Chan

Hedley

Hedley (band)

Barbara Hannigan

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Jacques Israelievitch

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Ottawa Redblacks

Kaetlyn Osmond

Kaetlyn Osmond

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford

Catherine MacLellan

Joannie Rochette, 2009 World Championships

Joannie Rochette