Brian Christopher Thompson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
"The most detailed presentation of the life and accomplishments of the composer of Canada' s national anthem to date, Anthems and Minstrel Shows offers the reader a real sense of Calixa Lavalle e, within the context of the political and social developments of his time." Elaine Keillor, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Carleton University and the author of Music in Canada " This is the fruition of [Thompson's] two decades' endeavour, the first in-depth biography of the man who wrote " O Canada" (yet opposed Confederation)." Toronto Star " We' re not likely to get a more thorough biography of Calixa Lavalle e than Anthems and Minstrel Shows, Brian Christopher Thompson' s huge and meticulous account of the life and times of the composer of " O Canada." " Montreal Review of Books
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