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

• Autore: Whidden Lynn <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.6297323071
• Soggetto topico: Cree Indians - Québec (Province) - Nord-du-Québec - Music - History and criticism; Cree Indians - Manitoba, Northern - Music - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Essential song
• ISBN: 1-280-90798-3; 9786610907984; 1-55458-144-3; 1-4294-8032-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451707103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.); Aboriginal studies series.