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A study of Omaha Indian music

Author: Alice C Fletcher; Francis La Flesche; John Comfort Fillmore
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English : Bison book edView all editions and formats
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"Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, her Omaha coworker and adopted son, divided the songs into three categories: religious ones, to be sung by a certain class either through initiation or inheritance; social ones, involving dances and games, always sung by a group; and ones to be sung singly, including dream songs, love songs, captive songs, prayer songs, death songs, sweat lodge songs, and songs of thanks. John  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alice C Fletcher; Francis La Flesche; John Comfort Fillmore
ISBN: 0803268874 9780803268876
OCLC Number: 30919695
Notes: Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1893. (Archaeological and ethnological papers of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University ; v. 1, no. 5). With new introd.
"Report on the structural peculiarities of the music, by John Comfort Fillmore": p. [59]-77.
Includes music, principally songs with piano acc. (p. 79-151).
Description: xxix, 152 p. ; 23 cm
Responsibility: by Alice C. Fletcher, aided by Francis La Flesche ; introduction by Helen Myers.
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"Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, her Omaha coworker and adopted son, divided the songs into three categories: religious ones, to be sung by a certain class either through initiation or inheritance; social ones, involving dances and games, always sung by a group; and ones to be sung singly, including dream songs, love songs, captive songs, prayer songs, death songs, sweat lodge songs, and songs of thanks. John Comfort Fillmore, a professional musician, added a "Report on the Structural Peculiarities of the Music."" "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."--BOOK JACKET.

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