{"product_id":"music-and-the-staged-veillzse-laura-risk-9780252049682","title":"Music and the Staged Veillée in Quebec: Performing Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of a cultural touchstone and its impact\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fiddlers, step dancers, storytellers, traditional singers, and folklorists staged Montreal's first veillée in 1919. All that was missing, announced one of the organizers, was a magic carpet to transport the audience into the countryside and a kiss of forgetfulness to erase the woes of modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laura Risk tells the story of the veillées and explores how these commercial performances of idealized rural life became part of Quebec's cultural heritage. Her in-depth examinations of key performances and recordings follow traditional music and dance from the stage onto radio, records and other audio media, and television. Throughout, Risk documents how veillées redefined folklore in twentieth-century Quebec and illuminates how their distinctive framing of traditional musicians and repertoire impacts the performance and reception of the music to the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Astute and evocative, \u003ci\u003eMusic and the Staged Veillée in Quebec\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the music, dancing, call-and-response songs, and extramusical associations winding through century-long conversations about nation, culture, and identity in Quebec.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Risk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252049683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252049682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Laura Risk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460268110079,"sku":"9780252049682","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_881fd081-1044-4658-9808-ac70dcf7bf64.jpg?v=1777413644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-and-the-staged-veillzse-laura-risk-9780252049682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}