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On the interpretation of "meaningless-nonsensical syllables" in the music of the Pacific Northwest Indians.

Title
On the interpretation of "meaningless-nonsensical syllables" in the music of the Pacific Northwest Indians.
Author
Halpern, Ida

Details

Found In
Ethnomusicology. Middletown, Conn. v 20 no 2, May 1976, p 253-271. illus
Subject
  • Hamatsa dance (Dance)
  • Kwakiutl dance
  • Nootka dance
  • Salish Indians > Music
  • Nootka Indians > Music
  • Salish dance
  • Ghost dance
  • Medicine dance
  • Kwakiutl Indians > Music
  • Indian dance > Northwest, Pacific
Note
  • Includes illustration of a Hamatsa dancer and brief discussions of the ghost dances, medicine dances, etc. of the various Pacific Northwest tribes.
Call Number
*MA
OCLC
NYPY777010934-B
Author
Halpern, Ida.
Title
On the interpretation of "meaningless-nonsensical syllables" in the music of the Pacific Northwest Indians.
Local Subject
Kwakiutl dance.
Nootka dance.
Salish Indians -- Music.
Nootka Indians -- Music.
Salish dance.
Ghost dance.
Medicine dance.
Kwakiutl Indians -- Music.
Indian dance -- Northwest, Pacific.
Found In:
Ethnomusicology. Middletown, Conn. v 20 no 2, May 1976, p 253-271. illus
Research Call Number
*MA
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