Research Catalog

Native American music

Title
Native American music : paper presentations[, songs and panel discussions].
Author
National Congress on Women in Music (1st : 1981 : New York, N. Y.)
Publication
1981.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline
  • Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan
  • Vander, Judith
  • Giteck, Janice, 1946-
  • Vander, Judith
  • Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan
  • Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline
Found In
First National Congress on Women in Music recordings, March 26-29, 1981
Alternative Title
  • Ah loota ga hoo chi.
  • I am a female cloud.
  • Death of a bird.
  • First National Congress on Women in Music recordings.
Subject
  • Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
  • Fillmore, John Comfort, 1843-1898
  • Speeches, addresses, etc
  • Indians of North America > Music
  • Shoshoni Indians > Music
  • Omaha Indians > Music
  • Pomo Indians > Music
  • Tlingit Indians > Music
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Women musicians > United States > Congresses
  • Women composers > United States > Congresses
Genre/Form
Panel discussions.
Note
  • Audio slightly erratic.
  • Unidentified piano and vocal music in background (Part 2)
  • Former classmark on original cassette: *LTC 103 (F)
  • Title from original cassette label; additional information from catalog (cassette tapes, schedule of meetings and concerts, and newspaper clippings ([16], 46, [21] p.); Available on request.
  • An excerpt of Part 1 of the lectures (Judith Vander and Kathryn Donovan Wiegand) is also available on *LTC-A 1365 (Part 2)
Access (note)
  • Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: First National Congress on Women in Music recordings.
Local note
  • Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca1369_f01_em (part 1) and myh_ltca1369_f02_em (part 2)].
Contents
  • [Part 1]: [Excerpt] [Introductions ; Opening remarks] (Jacqueline Higgins-Rosebrook) -- Session 5 paper presentations: "The song repertoire of four Shoshone women: a reflection of cultural movements and sex roles" / Judith Vander -- "Alice Fletcher and the American Indians: An evaluation of her contribution to ethnomusicology" / Kathryn Donovan Wiegand -- [Unidentified Native American sun dance song] [ends abruptly]
  • [Part 2]: [Excerpt] "Singing into life: music of Native American women" (featuring Pomo song: "Ah loota ga ho chi" = I am a female cloud) / Janice Giteck -- [Panel discussion with Janice Giteck, Kathryn Donovan Wiegand, Judith Vander and Jacqueline Higgins-Rosebrook, with audience members] ; [Excerpt] "The song is the thing" / Jacqueline Higgins-Rosebrook -- Mourning song: Death of a bird [Tlingit tribe of Alaska] -- [Panel discussion with Janice Giteck, Kathryn Donovan Wiegand, Judith Vander and Jacqueline Higgins-Rosebrook, with audience members] [Excerpt to end]
Call Number
*LTC-A 1369
OCLC
900005655
Conference
National Congress on Women in Music (1st : 1981 : New York, N. Y.)
Title
Native American music : paper presentations[, songs and panel discussions].
Production
1981.
Description
2 streaming audio files (75:07) : digital, mono.
Playing Time
004522 002945
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
Description
analog mono rda
digital mono rda
Performer
Judith Vander (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Kathryn Donovan Wiegand (graduate student in Ethnomusicology, Columbia University), lecturers ; Jacqueline Higgins-Rosebrook (Seattle, Washington), moderator, lecturer and commentator.
Event
Recorded New York University, New York, N. Y. 1981 March 28.
Summary
According to Kathryn Donovan Wiegand's paper, ethnomusicologist Alice Fletcher used John Comfort Fillmore as a technical advisor of transcribing songs from the Omaha tribe, unfortunately using European-based harmonies to temper the natural melodies.
Access
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette : analog, mono) in *LTC-A 1369.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: First National Congress on Women in Music recordings.
Local Note
Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca1369_f01_em (part 1) and myh_ltca1369_f02_em (part 2)].
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Added Author
Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline, moderator.
Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline, commentator.
Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan, commentator.
Vander, Judith, commentator.
Giteck, Janice, 1946- commentator.
Vander, Judith, lecturer.
Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan, lecturer.
Giteck, Janice, 1946- lecturer.
Giteck, Janice, 1946- performer.
Container of (work): Vander, Judith. Song repertoire of four Shoshone women: a reflection of cultural movements and sex roles.
Container of (work): Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan. Alice Fletcher and the American Indians: An evaluation of her contribution to ethnomusicology.
Container of (work): Giteck, Janice, 1946- Singing into life: music of Native American women. Selections.
Container of (work): Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline. Song is the thing. Selections.
Added Title
Ah loota ga hoo chi.
I am a female cloud.
Death of a bird.
First National Congress on Women in Music recordings.
Found In:
First National Congress on Women in Music recordings, March 26-29, 1981
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1369
*LTC 103 sess. 5 no. 1 (former classmark)
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