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ISBN10: 8763525895, ISBN13: 9788763525893, [publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen] Hardcover Hardcover. This study provides a comprehensive description of the rich song culture of the people in the Thule area, the Inughuit. Transcriptions and scientific processing of 134 traditional songs recorded by archaeologist and folklorist Erik Holtved in Thule in 1937 as well as a collection of Inughuit songs recorded in 1962 by Bent Jensen and the author constitute the nucleus of this work. The songs and their texts are presented and notated in full length including analyses of a representative stanza from each song. Based on the transcriptions, different form and melody types are revealed. Furthermore, descriptions are given of singing methods, drum construction and handling, and performing habits, as well as historical and recent data.Several other collections are notated and analyzed: recordings from Uummannaq-Upernavik in 1912, from the Copper Inuit areas in 191416, and from Baffin Island in the 1960s70s. The study sheds important light on the characteristic traits of the form and melody types of the Inughuit and how these are linked to certain Inuit groups in Canada, documenting particular areas of origin and migration routes of these groups. Many of the songs are presented on the enclosed CD. In 1937, Professor Erik Holtved recorded 134 traditional songs from the Thule area, mostly drum-songs. This book transcribes and analyzes these songs. It also analyzes: ...

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ISBN10: 8763525895, ISBN13: 9788763525893, [publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press Jan 2010] Hardcover Neuware - 2 books & a CD. This study provides a comprehensive description of the rich song culture of the people in the Thule area in Greenland, the Inughuit. In 1937 the archaeologist and folklorist Erik Holtved recorded 134 traditional songs in Thule. Transcriptions and scientific processing of this collection constitute the nucleus of the work. Another collection of Inughuit songs was recorded in 1962 for The Danish Folklore Archives by Bent Jensen and the author. The songs from both collections are presented and notated in full length and also with analyses of a representative stanza from each song. Descriptions are given of performing habits, singing methods, drum construction and handling, as well as historical and recent data. Searching for resemblances among other Inuit groups produced transcriptions and analyses of many traditional Inuit Songs from different localities in Canada. It was discovered that characteristic traits of the form and melody types of the Inughuit are linked to Canadian Inuit groups in southern Baffin Island and among the Copper Inuit in northern Canada, documenting particular areas of origin, and also giving information about migration routes. Many of the songs are presented on the enclosed CD
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ISBN10: 8763525895, ISBN13: 9788763525893, [publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen] Hardcover Hardcover. This study provides a comprehensive description of the rich song culture of the people in the Thule area, the Inughuit. Transcriptions and scientific processing of 134 traditional songs recorded by archaeologist and folklorist Erik Holtved in Thule in 1937 as well as a collection of Inughuit songs recorded in 1962 by Bent Jensen and the author constitute the nucleus of this work. The songs and their texts are presented and notated in full length including analyses of a representative stanza from each song. Based on the transcriptions, different form and melody types are revealed. Furthermore, descriptions are given of singing methods, drum construction and handling, and performing habits, as well as historical and recent data.Several other collections are notated and analyzed: recordings from Uummannaq-Upernavik in 1912, from the Copper Inuit areas in 191416, and from Baffin Island in the 1960s70s. The study sheds important light on the characteristic traits of the form and melody types of the Inughuit and how these are linked to certain Inuit groups in Canada, documenting particular areas of origin and migration routes of these groups. Many of the songs are presented on the enclosed CD. In 1937, Professor Erik Holtved recorded 134 traditional songs from the Thule area, mostly drum-songs. This book transcribes and analyzes these songs. It also analyzes: ...