Songs of the Chippewa
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0374371458
ISBN 13
9780374371456
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1974
Publisher
Pages
47
Subject
Ojibwa -- Music
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Abstract
"Chippewa songs provide an easy, yet rewarding approach to American Indian music. The non-Indian listener, even a very young listener, will find the melodies both captivating and unmistakably exotic; and the words of many of the songs express a mood or idea with the same jewel-like precision that poets strive for in the English language. Authoritatively edited by John Bierhorst, this collection--the first of its kind--displays the traditional Chippewa song-maker at his most engaging. Ritual chants as well as dream songs, medicine charms, and lullabies are included, each one outstanding for melodic beauty or rhythmic inventiveness. The simple arrangements for piano and guitar are suitable for solo or group singing."--Amazon.ca.
Number of Copies
2
