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A Study of Omaha Indian Music
Alice C. Fletcher
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Paperback. Presents a collection of non-Occidental music, all from a single tribe. This book divides the songs into three categories: religious ones, sung by a certain class; social ones, involving dances and games; and ones to be sung singly, including dream songs, love songs, captive songs, prayer songs, death songs, sweat lodge songs, and songs of thanks. Num Pages: 152 pages, Songs. BIC Classification: 1KB; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
"Among the Indians, music envelopes like an atmosphere every religious, tribal, and social ceremony as well as every personal experience. There is not a phase of life that does not find expression in song," wrote Alice C. Fletcher. The famous anthropologist published A Study of Omaha Indian Music in 1893. With the single exception of an 1882 dissertation, it was the first serious study ever made of American Indian music. And it was the largest collection of non-Occidental music published to date, ninety-two songs, all from a single tribe.
"Among the Indians, music envelopes like an atmosphere every religious, tribal, and social ceremony as well as every personal experience. There is not a phase of life that does not find expression in song," wrote Alice C. Fletcher. The famous anthropologist published A Study of Omaha Indian Music in 1893. With the single exception of an 1882 dissertation, it was the first serious study ever made of American Indian music. And it was the largest collection of non-Occidental music published to date, ninety-two songs, all from a single tribe.
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Those interested in a vital aspect of Indian culture will want to own this book, which contains the musical scores as well as the native-language words for the songs.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803268876
SKU
V9780803268876
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About Alice C. Fletcher
Helen Myers is an associate professor of music at Trinity College and the author, with Bruno Nettl, of Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction. She is the editor of Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional Studies.
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