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Songs of the North American Indian : with preface and explanatory notes.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks M1669.L54 S6 1920
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Lieurance, Thurlow, 1878-1963.
- Language:
- English
- North American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Song cycles.
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano--Scores.
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
- Indians of North America--Music.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (38 pages) : illustrations ; 33 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Theodore Presser Co., [<U+fffd>1920]
- Language Note:
- English words; one song in Sioux and English.
- Contents:
- By the waters of Minnetonka.
- By the weeping waters.
- Canoe song.
- Dying moon flower.
- From an Indian village.
- From Ghost Dance Canyon.
- In mirrored waters.
- Indian spring bird.
- Rose on an Indian grave.
- Notes:
- Principally for voice and piano.
- Local Notes:
- Indian Rights Association Complimentary Collection
- Includes newspaper article from the Lincoln Sunday Star, Nov. 14, 1920 discussing Lieurance's experiences and interactions with native peoples, while seeking to obtain insight into their songs and working to record their voices. Also included is a handwritten list of "Indian Music" for what appears to be an opera by Charles Wakefield Cadman entitled 'The Robin Woman, Shanewis,' and includes music by Lieurance.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lieurance, Thurlow, 1878-1963. Songs of the North American Indian.
- OCLC:
- 16454800
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