Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Toward a “Newfoundland Renaissance”: Frederick Emerson and the Mediation of Culture 3
6. The Early Years: Family Life, Bishop Feild College, and the “Ode to Newfoundland” 23
7. Across the Pond and Back Again: Framlingham College, Early Musical Works, the Practice of Law, and Marriage to Isabel Jameson 55
8. At Home in “Quinnipiac”: Family Life, Foreign Guests, and Newfoundland’s “Cultural Ambassador” 74
9. Cultural Awakenings and Kindred Spirits: Queen’s College, the “Voice of Newfoundland,” and Eleanor Mews Jerrett 92
10. “She’s Like the Swallow”: Maud Karpeles, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Emerson, and the Preservation of Newfoundland Folksongs 110
11. Of Folk Schools and Folk Theatre: The Markland Settlement and Proud Kate Sullivan 139
12. For the Love of Music: Memorial University College and the Newfoundland Folk Music Lectures 167
13. “I just arrived in Canada”: Emerson, The Canada Council, and The Canadian Folk Music Society 190
14. Final Opus 218
15. Appendices
16. Selected Works of Frederick R. Emerson 239
17. Frederick R. Emerson, “Newfoundland Folk Music” 243
18. Selected Lectures of Frederick R. Emerson 247
19. Selected Correspondence (1934–1970) 265
20. Frederick R. Emerson, Proud Kate Sullivan (A Drama in One Act) 276
21. Selected Musical Works of Frederick R. Emerson 292
22. Notes 303
23. References 349
24. Index 391