Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music (Indigenous Studies) - Hardcover

9780889204591: Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music (Indigenous Studies)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

Includes audio CD with over 50 Cree hunting songs

Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music, 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.

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.

Including profiles of the hunters and their songs and accompanied by an original audio CD of more than fifty Cree hunting songs, Essential Song makes an important contribution to ethnomusicology, social history, and Aboriginal studies.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Lynn Whidden is an associate professor of Native studies and music at Brandon University, Manitoba. Her research has focused on the role of songs in the lives of subarctic Cree and Caribou Inuit. She has published many articles on the song traditions of the Métis and the Dakota and has contributed to numerous television and radio broadcasts about Aboriginal song.

Review:
One of the strengths of this book is its view of Cree music, past and present, as integral to the lives of the people who have created and used it.... In this lucid and engaging work Lynn Whidden has created a valuable resource for young northern Cree who seek to strengthen their communities by building more elements from their own culture into their lives; and, for anyone with an interest in subarctic cultures, in the music of the Canadian north -- or in Cree expression of the universal human need for song -- Essential Song is essential reading.''--John Bennett "Meridian: Canadian Polar Commission, Fall/Winter 2007 "

A thoughtful and valuable ethnography, grounded in Whidden's knowledge and field experience with the Northern Cree.''--M. Celia Cain "Ethnomusicology, Vol. 52, No. 3, Fall 2008 "

Along with the detailed descriptions of the repertoire giving context, text, and translation into English, this study is extremely valuable for considering each musical manifestation within Cree existence. The details of the relationship of the hunter with the bird, animal, or fish, through the particular song being used, underlines how different the view of the Cree person is from a member of the Canadian dominant society.... I want to underline that this is a particularly valuable document on northern Cree music.... All libraries dealing with musical expressions and Native Studies should have this book in their collection.''--Elaine Keillor "Canadian Association of Music Libraries Review, Volume 35, #3, November 2007 "

Providing a thorough account of the musical culture of the Cree people ... this excellent book makes a unique contribution to ethnomusicology.... Highly recommended.''--B. Nettl "CHOICE, January 2008 "

Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music, with its accompanying compact disc is a welcome and much-needed addition to the literature on the musical expressions of Canada's First Nations...and who better to guide us on this journey then Lynn Whidden, who has herself lived in Canada's North for much of her life.''--Paula Conlon "Native Studies Review, Vol. 17, #1, 2008 "

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherWilfrid Laurier University Press
  • Publication date2017
  • ISBN 10 0889204594
  • ISBN 13 9780889204591
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages192
Buy Used
Condition: Good
Former library book; Pages can... Learn more about this copy

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to Basket

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781554586134: Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music (Indigenous Studies)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9781554586134
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017
Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Whidden, Lynn
ISBN 10: 0889204594 ISBN 13: 9780889204591
Used Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
ThriftBooks-Atlanta
(AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1. Seller Inventory # G0889204594I3N10

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
US$ 30.42
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds