Title

Maurice Gagnon Photograph

Authors

Franco-American Collection

Files

Description

Ethnomusicologist Bau Graves has written about Maurice Gagnon (1927-1973): “Maurice Gagnon is remembered as a dynamic performer by those who him play. At the age of ten, he was already an ace harmonica player and could attract an audience and earn money playing in clubs. He played a repertoire of jigs and reels and also composed a number of tunes some of which he recorded as 45’s and one LP album. These recordings, released between 1964 and 1970, are a historical scarcity: only a relative handful of disks of traditional Maine Franco-American music have ever been available to the public.”

Publication Date

1970

City

Lewiston, Maine

Keywords

Franco-American Collection, music, music traditions

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | History | Music | Public History

Media Type

Photographic Reprint

Comments

The Franco-American Collection is one of the largest repositories of its kind in the North-East. The Collection contains tens of thousands of printed books, photographs, newspaper clippings and audio-visual recordings. Please review the Collection's Terms and Conditions of Collection Material regarding use of its material.

Recommended Citation

Franco-American Music Traditions Collection, Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries.

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