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Called upstairs : Moravian Inuit music in Labrador / Tom Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Tom, 1946- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church music--Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Church music.
- Inuit--Newfoundland and Labrador--Music--History and criticism.
- Inuit.
- Missions--Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Missions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (461 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Called Upstairs explores the transformation, under centuries of Inuit stewardship, of a music practice introduced by Moravian missionaries in the late 1700s. A story of adaptation and mediation, the book presents a chronicle of Inuit leadership and agency in the face of colonialism.
- Contents:
- Called Upstairs: Moravian Inuit Music in Labrador
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Series Editors
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: Called Upstairs
- Acknowledgments
- Audio Examples and Musical Scores
- Chapter 1: Backstories
- Chapter 2: Hymns from a Feeling Heart
- Chapter 3: "The Seed of Music Takes Root"
- Chapter 4: Trumpets on the Roof
- Chapter 5: Taima … Nala …: Music and Leadership
- Chapter 6: Reading by Ear: Memory, Literacy, Aurality, and Transmission
- Chapter 7: The Inuit Voice in Moravian Music
- Glossary of Musical Terms
- Tables and Figures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gordon, Tom Called Upstairs
- ISBN:
- 0-2280-1835-8
- OCLC:
- 1355505891
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