| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| New France | p. 1 |
| Folk Music | p. 2 |
| Voyageurs | |
| Order of Good Cheer | |
| Aristocratic Music and Theatre | p. 9 |
| Theatre of Neptune | |
| Receptions | |
| Quebec Society and Cultural Activities | |
| The Missionaries and Music | p. 12 |
| Music Education | |
| Sacred Music Performance and Compositions | |
| Summary | p. 18 |
| The British Influence and Post-Conquest Quebec | p. 19 |
| The British Influence | p. 19 |
| Folk Music | p. 21 |
| Dancing | p. 23 |
| Formal Musical Activities | p. 24 |
| Sacred Music | |
| Military Bands | |
| Concert Programmes | |
| Theatre | |
| Other Activities | |
| Post-Conquest Quebec | p. 31 |
| Concerts | |
| Frederic-Henri Glackemeyer | |
| Other Cities and Settlements | p. 33 |
| Composition | p. 35 |
| Joseph Quesnel | |
| Summary | p. 37 |
| Nineteenth Century to Confederation | p. 38 |
| Music in Church | p. 40 |
| Protestant Congregations | |
| Singing Schools | |
| Catholic Church Music | |
| Popular Music | p. 43 |
| French-Canadian Folk Songs | |
| Anglo-Canadian Folk Songs | |
| Ballads | |
| Salon Music | |
| Dancing | |
| Formal Music Making | p. 50 |
| Niagara | |
| Toronto | |
| Opera | |
| Touring Musicians | |
| The Business of Music | p. 53 |
| Outstanding Personalities | p. 53 |
| Jonathan Sewell | |
| Charles Sauvageau | |
| Charles Sabatier | |
| Theodore Molt | |
| Antoine Dessane | |
| James Clarke | |
| Children of Peace | p. 58 |
| Summary | p. 59 |
| Confederation to the End of the First World War, 1867-1920 | p. 61 |
| The West | p. 62 |
| Popular Music | p. 63 |
| Ballads and Parlor Songs | |
| Church Music | p. 65 |
| Formal Music Making | p. 66 |
| Vocal Music | |
| Instrumental Groups | |
| Opera | |
| Concert Repertory | |
| Virtuosi | |
| Outstanding Performers | p. 70 |
| Frantz Jehin-Prume | |
| Luigi von Kunits | |
| Emma Albani | |
| The Business of Music | p. 72 |
| Publishing and Instrument Building | |
| Music Instruction | |
| Composers and Their Works | p. 74 |
| Calixa Lavallee | |
| Guillaume Couture | |
| Alexis Contant | |
| Other Composers: French Canada | |
| Other Composers: English Canada | |
| Summary | p. 81 |
| To the End of World War II, 1920-1945 | p. 82 |
| Radio and Phonograph | p. 83 |
| Repertory | p. 85 |
| Popular Music | |
| Instrumental Ensembles | p. 87 |
| Orchestras | |
| Chamber Music | |
| Vocal Music | p. 88 |
| Choral Music | |
| Opera | |
| Music Education | p. 89 |
| Outstanding Personalities | p. 89 |
| Edward Johnson | |
| Harry Adaskin and Kathleen Parlow | |
| Percy Faith | |
| Wilfrid Pelletier | |
| Composers | p. 91 |
| Claude Champagne | |
| Rodolphe Mathieu | |
| Healey Willan | |
| Ernest MacMillan | |
| Other Composers | |
| Summary | p. 103 |
| Recent Developments, 1945-1984 | p. 104 |
| Multiculturalism | p. 105 |
| French- and English-Canadian Folk Song Today | |
| Other Cultural Traditions | |
| Integrated Cultures | |
| Performing Groups | p. 107 |
| Orchestras | |
| Choral Music | |
| Opera | |
| Chamber Music | |
| Popular Musicians | p. 110 |
| Music Education | p. 111 |
| Support Organizations | p. 112 |
| Canadian Music Centre | |
| John Adaskin Project | |
| Canada Council | |
| CBC | |
| Centennial Celebration | p. 113 |
| Composition | p. 114 |
| Jean Papineau-Couture | |
| Gilles Tremblay | |
| Other French-Canadians | |
| Godfrey Ridout | |
| Violet Archer | |
| Oskar Morawetz | |
| Others | |
| Modern Directions | p. 124 |
| John Weinzweig | |
| Harry Freedman | |
| Barbara Pentland | |
| John Beckwith | |
| Istvan Anhalt | |
| Harry Somers. R. Murray Schafer | |
| Electronic (Electroacoustic) Music | p. 138 |
| Gustav Ciamaga | |
| David Keane | |
| Barry Truax | |
| Other Electronic Composers | |
| Summary | p. 140 |
| Music of the Original Canadians | p. 141 |
| Canadian Indians | p. 142 |
| Eastern Woodlands, Nomadic (Algonkian) | |
| Eastern Woodlands, Sedentary (Iroquoian) | |
| Plains | |
| Mackenzie River | |
| Plateau | |
| Pacific Coast | |
| A Contemporary Powwow Ceremony | |
| Inuit | p. 156 |
| Inuit Drum Dance | |
| Summary | p. 161 |
| Anthology | |
| Joseph Quesnel, "Rions chantons" from Colas et Colinette | p. 163 |
| James P. Clarke, "The Emigrants Home Dream" from Lays of the Maple Leaf, or Songs of Canada | p. 166 |
| Charles D'Albert, Waltz No. 2 from Grand Trunk Waltzes | p. 168 |
| Calixa Lavallee, Mouvement a la Pavane | p. 169 |
| Calixa Lavallee, "Single I Will Never Be" from The Widow | p. 171 |
| Claude Champagne, Danse villageoise | p. 173 |
| Healey Willan, Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue | p. 179 |
| Healey Willan, Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One | p. 199 |
| Jean Papineau-Couture, Prelude from Suite pour Piano | p. 202 |
| Gilles Tremblay, "Phases" from Pieces pour piano | p. 203 |
| Godfrey Ridout, Etude II from Two Etudes | p. 206 |
| John Weinzweig, Movement No. 1 from Divertimento No. 1 | p. 219 |
| R. Murray Schafer, Part V from Requiems for the Party Girl | p. 226 |
| Readings, Recordings, and Films | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 247 |
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