Keywords: French Composers
Item 6324
An Evening with French composers choral program
Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: 1899-03-20 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 42245
'The Third Maine, A Patriotic March-Song,' 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French
George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands
"Portland musician George T. Goldthwaite composed The Purple and White for Deering High School. The score, in march tempo, begins, "Deering felt the…"
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"… from spiritual inspiration rather deliberately composing them. Preserved through oral tradition, it’s estimated that there are least 25,000 Shaker…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars