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{{See also| Celtic music in Canada}}
{{See also| Celtic music in Canada}}
The beginning of the 19th century Canadian musical ensembles had started forming in great numbers, writing [[waltzes]], [[quadrilles]], [[polkas]] and [[galop]]s.<ref name="Gar" /><ref name="abc" >{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/m5-180-e.html#cc |title=Canadian Musical Composition before the First World War |work=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=2009-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108145854/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/m5-180-e.html#cc |archive-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first volumes of music printed in Canada was the "Graduel romain" in 1800 followed by the "Union Harmony" in 1801.<ref name="Gar" /> Folk music was still thriving, as recounted in the poem titled "[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/m5/f1/csm05496-v2.jpg A Canadian Boat Song]". The poem was composed by the [[Irish people|Irish]] poet [[Thomas Moore]] (1779–1852) during a visit to Canada in 1804.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theotherpages.org/poems/poem-mn.html#moore |title=The Canadian Boat Song ''Thomas Moore'' {128} |work=Poets' Corner Editorial Staff|access-date=2009-10-28 }}</ref> "The Canadian Boat Song" was so popular that it was published several times over the next forty years in [[Boston]], [[New York City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="Willy" /> [[Dancing]] likewise was an extremely popular form of entertainment as noted In 1807 by the [[Scottish people|Scottish]] traveler and artist [[George Heriot (artist)|George Heriot]] (1759–1839), who wrote:
The beginning of the 19th century Canadian musical ensembles had started forming in great numbers, writing [[waltzes]], [[quadrilles]], [[polkas]] and [[galop]]s.<ref name="Gar" /><ref name="abc" >{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/m5-180-e.html#cc |title=Canadian Musical Composition before the First World War |work=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=2009-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108145854/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/m5-180-e.html#cc |archive-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first volumes of music printed in Canada was the "Graduel romain" in 1800 followed by the "Union Harmony" in 1801.<ref name="Gar" /> Folk music was still thriving, as recounted in the poem titled "[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/m5/f1/csm05496-v2.jpg A Canadian Boat Song]". The poem was composed by the [[Irish people|Irish]] poet [[Thomas Moore]] (1779–1852) during a visit to Canada in 1804.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theotherpages.org/poems/poem-mn.html#moore |title=The Canadian Boat Song ''Thomas Moore'' {128} |work=Poets' Corner Editorial Staff|access-date=2009-10-28 }}</ref> "The Canadian Boat Song" was so popular that it was published several times over the next forty years in [[Boston]], [[New York City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="Willy" /> [[Dancing]] likewise was an extremely popular form of entertainment as noted In 1807 by the [[Scottish people|Scottish]] traveler and artist [[George Heriot (artist)|George Heriot]] (1759–1839), who wrote:
{{Quotation|text=The whole of the Canadian inhabitants are remarkably fond of dancing, and frequently amuse themselves at all seasons with that agreeable exercise.|author=George Heriot|source=''Travels Through the Canadas'' (1807)}}
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