In 1844, Mrs. Frederick Widder held a soirée musicale in her lavish Toronto home. Both the music and program were standard fare for the time but, for the autho

Offers a history of Canadian musical expressions and their relationship to Canada's cultural and geographic diversity. This book features a survey of 'musics' i

The senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors. The chapters explore ho

The domestic soirée musicale was a private party at which a formal concert, complete with printed programs, was performed. Amateurs from the hosts' circle perf

James McCarroll (1814–1892) was a talented Irish poet, journalist, humorist, musician, and arts critic who left his mark on nineteenth-century Canada by seemi