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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451707103321

Autore

Whidden Lynn <1946->

Titolo

Essential song [[electronic resource] ] : three decades of northern Cree music / / Lynn Whidden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-90798-3

9786610907984

1-55458-144-3

1-4294-8032-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Aboriginal studies series

Disciplina

781.6297323071

Soggetti

Cree Indians - Québec (Province) - Nord-du-Québec - Music - History and criticism

Cree Indians - Manitoba, Northern - Music - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Compact disc in pocket on p. [3] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Table of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Prologue: The Cree Come to Campus; Introduction; 1 Song and Ceremony; 2 Song and History; 3 Song and Survival; 4 Hymns and Hunting Songs; 5 Country Music: How Can You Dance to Beethoven?; 6 Powwow in the Subarctic; 7 The Powwow: From the South to the Subarctic; Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; List of Sources; Bibliography; Index; CD Track Listing

Sommario/riassunto

Includes audio CD with over 50 Cree hunting songs   Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music, a study of subarctic Cree hunting songs, is the first detailed ethnomusicology of the northern Cree of Quebec and Manitoba. The result of more than two decades spent in the North learning from the Cree, Lynn Whidden's account discusses the tradition of the hunting songs, their meanings and origins, and their importance to the hunt. She also examines women's songs, and traces the impact of social change-including the introduction of hymns, Gospel tunes, and country music-on