Research Catalog

Title

North American Indian dance songs.

Publication

[19--]

Details

Description

1 streaming audio file (approximately 27 minutes): digital

Donor/Sponsor

• Gift of Gardner Compton.
• National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive

Subjects

• Harvest dances
• Antelope dance
• Sound recordings
• Navajo Indians > Rites and ceremonies
• Indian dance > North America
• Navajo dance
• Navajo Indians > Music
• Indians of North America > Music

Genre/Form

Sound recordings.

Note

• Copied from music phonograph recordings.
• Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss."
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Access (note)

• Access only on site at the New York Public Library research libraries.

Funding (note)

• The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Contents

Deer, elk and antelope dance song -- Buffalo dance song -- Navajo Yei-be-chai (chant) -- Navajo enemy way ceremony dance songs -- Harvest dance song -- Corn grinding song -- Dance of the corn maidens -- Chant of the buffalo dance.

Call Number

*MGZTO 7-75

OCLC

36089581

Title

North American Indian dance songs.

Imprint

[19--]

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

audio file

Restricted Access

Access only on site at the New York Public Library research libraries.

Event

Copied from phonograph recordings 19--

Funding

The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Original Version

Original format: one sound reel (approximately 27 minutes); acetate; full-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7625_v01f01_sc.

Local Note

Archival original: *MGZTO 7-625; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, full-track.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-625; 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.

Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Antelope dance.

Harvest dances.

Research Call Number

*MGZTO 7-75