Songprints : the musical experience of five Shoshone women / Judith Vander.
| Author/creator | Vander, Judith |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1988. |
| Description | xxvi, 317 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Music in American life Music in American life. ^A223005 |
| Contents | Note on orthography -- Key to musical transcriptions -- Introduction -- Emily Hill. Emily's songs ; Naraya (ghost dance) songs ; Sun dance songs ; Women's dance (round dance) and wolf dance (war dance) songs ; Songs Emily does not sing ; Emily's musical roles ; Songprint 1 -- Angelina Wagon. Angie's songs ; Naraya songs ; Sun dance songs ; Round dance and war dance songs ; Handgame songs ; Shoshone ceremonial songs ; Miss Ross's hymn ; Angie's musical roles ; Songprint 2 -- Alberta Roberts. Alberta's songs ; Sun dance songs ; Handgame songs ; The powwow: round dance and war dance songs ; Shoshone ceremonial songs ; Alberta's musical roles ; Songprint 3 -- Helene Furlong. Helene's songs ; Naraya songs ; Sun dance songs ; Peyote songs ; The powwow: war dance songs ; Round dance songs ; Handgame songs ; Shoshone ceremonial songs ; Songs on the musical periphery ; Non-Indian music ; Helene's musical roles ; Songprint 4 -- Lenore Shoyo. Lenore's songs ; Naraya songs ; Sun dance songs ; Peyote songs ; The powwow and powwow music ; War dance songs ; Round dance, crow hop, and forty-nine dance songs ; Handgame songs ; Shoshone ceremonial songs ; Non-Indian music ; Lenore's musical roles ; Songprint 5 -- Conlcusions: Cumulative songprint of five Shoshone women -- Appendix: Shoshone description of the sun dance. |
| Abstract | Songprints, the first book-length exploration of the musical lives of Native American women, describes a century of cultural change and constancy among the Shoshone of Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. Through her conversations with Emily, Angelina, Alberta, Helene, and Lenore, Judith Vander captures the distinct personalities of five generations of Shoshone women as they tell their thoughts, feelings, and attitudes toward their music. These women, who range in age from seventy to twenty, provide a unique historical perspective on many aspects of twentieth-century Wind River Shoshone life. In addition to documenting these oral histories, Vander transcribes and analyzes seventy-five songs that the women sing--a microcosm of Northern Plains Indian music. She shows how each woman possesses her own songprint--a song repertoire distinctive to her culture, age, and personality, as unique in its configuration as a fingerprint or footprint. Vander places the five song repertoires in the context of Shoshone social and religious ceremonies to offer insights into the rise of the Native American Church, the emergence and popularity of the contemporary powwow, and the changing, enlarging role of women. Songprints also offers important new material on Ghost Dance songs and performances. Because the Ghost Dance was abandoned by the Wind River Shoshones in the 1930s, only Emily and Angelina saw it performed. Vander engages the two women--now in their sixties and seventies--in a discussion of the function and meaning of the Ghost Dance among the Wind River Shoshones. Thirteen Shoshone Ghost Dance song transcriptions accompany their accounts of past performances. The distinctive voices of these five women will captivate those interested in music, women's studies, ethnohistory, and ethnography, as well as ethnomusicologists, Native American scholars, anthropologists, and historians. |
| Local note | Little-298911--305131005361S |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. |
| LCCN | 87024488 |
| ISBN | 0252014928 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3557 .V36 1988 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |