Social Science Native American Studies
Musical life of the Blood Indians
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1982
- Category
- Native American Studies, Ethnomusicology
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- ISBN
- 9781772822496
- Publish Date
- Jan 1982
- List Price
- $11.99
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Description
A historical and ethnographic study of the dynamic musical traditions of the Blood Indians of southwestern Alberta with particular emphasis on the influence and adaptation of Euro-American culture.
About the author
Robert Witmer is Associate Professor of Music at York University. He is the author of The Musical life of the Blood Indians (1982), the editor of Ethnomusicology in Canada (1990), and has written for journals, anthologies, and music dictionaries.