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Government support programs, such as the Canada Music Fund, assist a wide range of musicians and entrepreneurs who create, produce and market original and diverse Canadian music. [7] The Canadian music industry is the sixth-largest in the world, producing internationally renowned composers , musicians and ensembles . [ 8 ]
c. 1600 - Approximately 250,000 First Nations and Inuit (Eskimo) inhabit what is now Canada. May 26, 1603 - After being dispatched by the King of France, Samuel de Champlain drops anchor in Tadoussac in what would become the province of Quebec. [1] [2]
Bartholomäus Gesius – Psalmodia choralis (Frankfurt an der Oder: Friedrich Hartmann), a collection of antiphons, responsories, hymns, introits and other mass music; Jakob Hassler – Madrigals for six voices (Nuremberg: Paul Kaffmann) Orlande de Lassus – Prophetiae Sibyllarum for four voices (Munich: Nicolaus Heinrich), published posthumously
Historically, the primary source of classical music on Canadian radio was the national CBC Radio 2 network, however that network has greatly reduced its classical music programming in favor of Canadian popular music programming, with mainly "accessible" classical music available only five hours a day in the middle of the day.
Music of Canadian Cultures is a wide and diverse accumulation of music from many different individual communities all across Canada. With Canada being vast in size, the country throughout its history has had regional music scenes. [1] The music of Canada has reflected the multi-cultural influences that have shaped the country.
The music of Canada has reflected the multi-cultural influences that have shaped the country. Indigenous, the French, and the British have all made historical contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The country has produced its own composers, musicians and ensembles since the mid-1600s.
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Indigenous music of Canada encompasses a wide variety of musical genres created by Aboriginal Canadians. [1] Before European settlers came to what is now Canada, the region was occupied by many First Nations, including the West Coast Salish and Haida, the centrally located Iroquois, Blackfoot and Huron, the Dene to the North, and the Innu and Mi'kmaq in the East and the Cree in the North.