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Traditional Inuit songs from the Thule area / Michael Hauser

Catalog Data

Author:
Hauser, Michael 1930-  Search this
Holtved, Erik 1899-1981  Search this
Jensen, Bent 1932-  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill. (some col.), music ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Music
Songs and music
Place:
Greenland
Qaanaaq
Date:
2010
Notes:
"Transcriptions and investigations of traditional songs from the Thule Area recorded by Erik Holtved in 1937 and Michael Hauser and Bent Jensen in 1962. Further investigations with music examples of traditional songs from the Uummannaq-Upernavik Areas, the Baffin Island Areas and the Copper Inuit Areas."
Accompanying compact disc contains examples of Inuit songs from various locations recorded between 1915-1977.
Contents:
v. 1. Main sources on traditional Inuit music ; Introduction to transcriptions and analyses ; The informants and form and melody types ; The parameters of the music : summarising description ; The song tradition of the Inughuit ; Tracing areas of origin in Greenland ; Tracing areas of origin in Canada ; Final statements and conclusions ; Terminology for traditional greenlandic songs ; Sound recordings and films ; References -- v. 2. Erik Holtved's collection : complete transcriptions ; Erik Holtved's collection : analysed transcriptions ; Erik Holtved's collection and the 1962 collection ; Sound examples
Topic:
Folk songs, Inuit--History and criticism  Search this
Inuit  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002554