Search Results: chippewa music by densmore frances

1910 Edition. No dust jacket. Boards are worn and peeling at spine. Binding poor. Some loose pages. No markings or writing in text.

Government Printing Office. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 45. Owner's name on front endpage. (Chippewa, Ojibwa Indians, Music)

Whitefish MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2006. Reprint. . Trade paperback. Very good. light shelfwear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. Audience: General/trade.

Washington: Government Printing Office. Bulletin of American Ethnology. Bulletin 53. Frontispiece of Odjib'we. xxi, 341 pp. With extensive plates, Chippewa music documented. Slight spotting on binding with three scuff marks top edge. Green gilt lettered cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1913.

London: Forgotten Books, 2018. Reprint . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very crisp and clean used copy; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Blue and tan wrapper with black and gold lettering. 216 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "The purpose of the present work is to determine what constitutes the music of the Chippewa Indiana, and to record results in such a manner that they will be available for reference. By means of the phonograph it is possible to obtain an accurate record of Indian song, which, though permanent, is of necessity limited in scope. To the phonograph record and its analysis must therefore be added abundant field notes, giving the results of observations of the musical performances, together with descriptions of circumstances and surroundings. These three - phonograph record, analysis, and field notes are the necessary data of this… Read More

Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1910. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed olive-green cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xix, 216, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, chords &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Frances Theresa Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnographer from Red Wing, Minnesota. Densmore was known for her studies of Native American music and culture. During the early part of the twentieth century, she worked as a music teacher with Native Americans nationwide, while also learning, recording, and transcribing their music, and documenting its use in their culture. Desmore helped preserve their culture in a time when government policy was to encourage Native Americans to adopt Western customs.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1913. Retired library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, and labels. Textblock is very clean and tight. Original green cloth binding is lightly edge and corner worn with some light wear at the base of the spine. Light surface soiling inside rear cover. 341p., including index.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Black and and White Illustrations. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. VG book. BUT: extrems worn & spine lightly stained.. 1910. None Stated. Hardcover. VG book. Tight. Clean, in & out. 8vo, 341p. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1913. Hardcover. Gilt spine titles are dulled. Lower corners worn through. Spine ends show light wear. Contents very good plus. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 341 pages .

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Part 2. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 53. Hinges and spine cracked. Slightly dampstained. (Chippewa, Native American Music)

Washington: GPO, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 341 pages, green cloth` BAE Bulletin 53. The melodic and rhythmic analysis of the songs is developed more extensively in this work. "War forms the keynote of the present memoir, together with the Drum-presentation Ceremony, which is said to have united the Chippewa and the Sioux in permanent peace." - Foreword. There are tribal games and dances, and songs composed in dreams, and many individual songs of forgotten warriors. Here are 45 photogravure plates, and explores 180 songs.

Nabu Press, 2010-02-25. Paperback. Very Good. Very good paperback. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Shelfwear is minor. Previous owner's name on foot of pages. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. Clean, unmarked pages. Black marker mark on top edge. Good cover. Hardcover. Bulletin, 53. Musty smell. Hinges cracked.

Nabu Press, 2010-08-27. Paperback. Good. Good+ paperback. Spine uncreased, binding is sturdy. Pages good. Some mostly mild shelfwear to covers and pages, previous owner's name on foot of pages. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Used - Good. 1913. Cloth, octavo, xx and 341 pp, profuselly illustrated. Some discoloration and wear to boards. Tape stains to front and rear endpapers. Overall a Good copy, with some looseness to binding. (Subject: Native American Studies.)

Government Printing Office, 1910-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Large 8vo, pp. xix, 216; 12 plates of photographic illustrations; music scores and illustrations throughout; original drab wrappers partially detached, pages uncut. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 45. Also issued as House Doc. No. 417, 61st Congress, 2d Session. A second volume was published in 1913.

Government Printing Office, 1913. Good. Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Music - II - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 53. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. 341pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Olive green cloth. Book condition: Good only. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. There is a small numerical paper label on the spine. there are several small moisture stains on the back cover . As is.

Government Printing Office, 1913. Very Good. Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Music - II - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 53. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. 341pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Olive green cloth. Book condition: very good. Ex-library. The edges of the covers are slightly stained. There are a couple of subtle library markings on the front endsheet. As is.