Songs of the Chippewa - Hardcover

Bierhorst, J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374371458 ISBN 13: 9780374371456

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1974

Synopsis

Chippewa songs provide an easy, yet rewarding approach to American Indian music. The non-Indian listener, even a very young listener, will find the melodies both captivating and unmistakably exotic; and the words of many of the songs express a mood or idea with the same jewel-like precision that poets strive for in the English language. Authoritatively edited by John Bierhorst, this collection--the first of its kind--displays the traditional Chippewa song-maker at his most engaging. Ritual chants as well as dream songs, medicine charms, and lullabies are included, each one outstanding for melodic beauty or rhythmic inventiveness. The simple arrangements for piano and guitar are suitable for solo or group singing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0374371458
• ISBN 13: 9780374371456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48