Essential song : three decades of northern Cree music / Lynn Whidden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whidden, Lynn, 1946-

Series:

Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)

Aboriginal studies series.

Aboriginal studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Cree Indians.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

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

ISBN:

9786610907984

9781280907982

1280907983

9781554581443

1554581443

9781429480321

1429480327

OCLC:

753479615