Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline
2. Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan
3. Vander, Judith
4. Giteck, Janice, 1946-
5. Vander, Judith
6. Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan
7. Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline

Found in

1. First National Congress on Women in Music recordings, March 26-29, 1981

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (75:07) : digital, mono.

Summary

1. 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.

Alternative title

1. Ah loota ga hoo chi.
2. I am a female cloud.
3. Death of a bird.
4. First National Congress on Women in Music recordings.

Subject

1. Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923.
2. Fillmore, John Comfort, 1843-1898.
3. Speeches, addresses, etc.
4. Indians of North America -- Music.
5. Shoshoni Indians -- Music.
6. Omaha Indians -- Music.
7. Pomo Indians -- Music.
8. Tlingit Indians -- Music.
9. Ethnomusicology.
10. Women musicians -- United States -- Congresses.
11. Women composers -- United States -- Congresses.

Genre/Form

1. Panel discussions.

Contents

1. [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]
2. [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

1. *LTC-A 1369

Language

1. English

Note

1. Audio slightly erratic.
2. Unidentified piano and vocal music in background (Part 2)
3. Former classmark on original cassette: *LTC 103 (F)
4. 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.
5. 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)

1. Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: First National Congress on Women in Music recordings.

Local note

1. 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)].

Playing time

1. 004522 002945

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audiocassette

Performer

1. 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

1. Recorded New York University, New York, N. Y. 1981 March 28.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette : analog, mono) in *LTC-A 1369.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline, moderator.
2. Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline, commentator.
3. Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan, commentator.
4. Vander, Judith, commentator.
5. Giteck, Janice, 1946- commentator.
6. Vander, Judith, lecturer.
7. Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan, lecturer.
8. Giteck, Janice, 1946- lecturer.
9. Giteck, Janice, 1946- performer.
10. Container of (work): Vander, Judith. Song repertoire of four Shoshone women: a reflection of cultural movements and sex roles.
11. Container of (work): Wiegand, Kathryn Donovan. Alice Fletcher and the American Indians: An evaluation of her contribution to ethnomusicology.
12. Container of (work): Giteck, Janice, 1946- Singing into life: music of Native American women. Selections.
13. Container of (work): Higgins-Rosebrook, Jacqueline. Song is the thing. Selections.