ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF THE FLATHEAD INDIANS
by Merriam, Alan P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1967. Folklorist Joe Hickerson's former copy. He signed the front end paper. Topics include the sources of music and its relationship to the supernatural, music and musicianship, singing, instruments, uses of music for power, socializing, family life and death, songs and dances of war, ceremonies, and miscellaneous music, acculturation and interpretation. Songs and their analysis presented. 403pp. Overall, a very fine copy of this book. Dark blue cloth bound. Purple and white jacket has some wear at extremities. Jacket is protected by plastic cover. Jacket has bright illlustration of Native Americans gathered around a large native drum. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18073
- Title
- ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF THE FLATHEAD INDIANS
- Author
- Merriam, Alan P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Aldine Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Folk music, ethnomusicology, Indians, Native Americans, Flathead Indians, Montana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore; Folk Music;
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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