Essential Song Three Decades of Northern Cree Music
| Author/creator | Whidden, Lynn Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press North York : University of Toronto Press [Distributor] |
| Description | 192 p. ill 09.290 x 06.230 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Aboriginal Studies |
| Summary | Annotation <b>Includes audio CD with over 50 Cree hunting songs</b><p><i>Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music</i>, a study of subarctic Cree hunting songs, is the first detailed ethnomusicology of the northern Cree of Quebec and Manitoba. The result of more than two decades spent in the North learning from the Cree, Lynn Whidden’s account discusses the tradition of the hunting songs, their meanings and origins, and their importance to the hunt. She also examines women’s songs, and traces the impact of social change—including the introduction of hymns, Gospel tunes, and country music—on the song traditions of these communities.</p><p>The book also explores the introduction of powwow song into the subarctic and the Crees struggle to maintain their Aboriginal heritage—to find a kind of song that, like the hunting songs, can serve as a spiritual guide and force.</p><p>Including profiles of the hunters and their songs and accompanied by an original audio CD of more than fifty Cree hunting songs, <i>Essential Song</i>makes an important contribution to ethnomusicology, social history, and Aboriginal studies.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780889204591 |
| ISBN | 0889204594 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780889204591 |
| Stock number | 00200625 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |