03252nam 2200697Ia 450 991077740360332120231206203707.01-280-90798-397866109079841-55458-144-31-4294-8032-7(CKB)1000000000474139(EBL)685969(OCoLC)753479615(SSID)ssj0000149440(PQKBManifestationID)11150979(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149440(PQKBWorkID)10238061(PQKB)11007400(CaPaEBR)411202(CaBNvSL)slc00208623(OCoLC)226374734(MdBmJHUP)muse14791(Au-PeEL)EBL685969(CaPaEBR)ebr10195660(CaONFJC)MIL90798(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/5210vq(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/5/411202(MiAaPQ)EBC685969(MiAaPQ)EBC3250121(EXLCZ)99100000000047413920070320d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEssential song[electronic resource] three decades of northern Cree music /Lynn WhiddenWaterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc20071 online resource (193 p.)Aboriginal studies seriesCompact disc in pocket on p. [3] of cover.0-88920-459-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.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 ListingIncludes 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 Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)Aboriginal studies series.Cree IndiansQuébec (Province)Nord-du-QuébecMusicHistory and criticismCree IndiansManitoba, NorthernMusicHistory and criticismCree IndiansMusicHistory and criticism.Cree IndiansMusicHistory and criticism.781.6297323071Whidden Lynn1946-1523535MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777403603321Essential song3763786UNINA