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Music of the Maidu Indians of California.
- Title
- Music of the Maidu Indians of California.
- Author
- Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
- Publication
- Los Angeles, Southwest Museum, 1958.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v.7-8 (1958-1962) | Text | Request in advance | L.SOC.120.Cf.6.15 (7) v.7-8 (1958-1962) | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 67 p. illus., port.; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Publications of the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary. Publication Fund, 7
- Uniform Title
- Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund (Series) v. 7.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Music
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Includes "Songs" (without words)
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 67.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface / Carl S. Dentzel -- Foreword / F. W. Hodge -- Introduction -- Characterization of singers -- Musical instruments : drums, rattles, musical bow, flutes, whistles -- Songs of ceremonial dances : hesi dance, duck dance, bear dance, grasshopper dance, aki dance -- Songs of social dances : social dance, toto dance , circle dance, jumping dance, slide dance, dream dance -- Songs when gathering clover -- Songs when gathering acorns -- Song of hand game -- songs of woman's game -- Songs of girls' adolescence ceremony -- Songs connected with stories : The neglected wife ; The gray squirrel and the fire ; The little deer-boy whose mother was killed -- Miscellaneous songs -- Notes on the structure of Maidu songs -- Summary of analysis -- Melodic analysis -- Authorities cited.
- LCCN
- ^^^60000575^
- OCLC
- 1053312
- SCSB-9939066
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library