Minstrel Shows, War and Our National Anthem: The Strange Life and Times of Calixa Lavallée
"Many of us know that Calixa Lavallée composed the music for O Canada; few of us know he was a brilliant musician, a performer as well as a composer, whose life foreshadowed modern North American pop culture. Broadcaster and music critic Robert Harris — best known for his brilliant conversations with Michael Enright on CBC [...]