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Songs of the Nunamiut [sound recording] : historical recordings of an Alaskan Eskimo community.
Title:
Songs of the Nunamiut [sound recording] : historical recordings of an Alaskan Eskimo community.
JLCTITLE245:
[sound recording] :
Publication Information:
[Oslo, Norway] : Tano Aschehoug, p1998.
Physical Description:
2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (120 p. : music ; 14 x 25 cm.)
ISBN:
9788251837781
General Note:
Songs of the Nunamiut Eskimos of Alaska.

Compact discs.

Program notes, including essays "Helge Ingstad's collection of 97 songs recorded on tape while living among the Nunamiut Eskimos in Brooks Range, Alaska, 1949-50" by Helge Ingstad, "A presentation of Eivind Groven's thesis on Eskimo melodies from Alaska" by Sigvald Tveit, and musical transcriptions by Eivind Groven inserted in container (15 x 27 cm.).
Event Note:
Recorded by Helge Ingstad between 1949 and 1950 among the Nunamiut Eskimos in Brooks Range, Alaska.
Variant Title:
Subtitle on container: Historical recordings and transcriptions of an Alaskan Eskimo community

Portion of title: Historical recordings of an Alaskan Eskimo community
Contents:
CD 1. Unknown title ; The Eagle's song ; Song from the interior ; Dance song from the interior ; Hunting song ; Utuqqaq song at Maniksak ; One-man song ; Noatak song ; His first wife's mother's song ; Old dance-song ; Very old song from "this Country" ; Hare ; Riil hunting song ; Siberian eskimo-song ; Siberian eskimo-song ; A happy man's song ; Old song from the interior ; Song made by J. Agnak ; Atuutipiaq from the interior ; Funny song ; Unknown song ; Love song ; Marble song ; Song from Herschel Island ; Atutiqpoq, dance ; Sayuun ; The dying Indian's song ; Dance-song from the interior ; Old-man song from Utuqqaq ; Song from Noatak ; Song from the interior ; Kobuk song ; Atutiqpoq dance-song from the interior ; Love song from the interior ; Song from Chandler Lake ; Song in unison, with beat ; Song in unison, with drum ; The Eskimos' first encounter with Santa Claus ; Dance-song from Kobuk ; Song from Point Hope ; Old song from the interior ; Atutipeak ; Qiorie song ; Very old Chanddar-Indian song ; Atuutpiaq from the interior ; Indian song ; Bone marrow song ; Old dance-song from Point Hope ; Old song from Point Hope ; Noataq song -- CD 2. Atuutipiaq from Kobuk ; Old Sayuun from the interior ; Squirrel-bird song ; Song ; Song about the robber man ; Marble song ; Atuutipiaq ; Sayuun from the interior ; Medecineman's song ; Love song from Kobuk ; Kobuk B love song ; Tobacco song ; Song from the interior ; Mackenzie-Indian song ; Chandelar-Indian song ; Kobuk song ; Very old Koyukuk-Indian song ; Kobuk song ; Indian song ; Maniqsaq song from Utuqqaq ; Unknown song ; Brant-duck song ; Kayak of human bones ; Very old song from the interior ; Song form Point Barrow ; Chandler Lake song ; Koyukuk Indian song ; Kobuk song ; Bone marrow song ; Old Indian song ; Chandelar Indian song ; Utuqqaq men's song ; Song from this country ; Song from Herschel Island ; Old love-song ; Kotzebue song ; Song from the interior ; Moatak-people's song ; First time Santa Claus came to the country ; Song in unison, with beat ; Sayuun from interior ; Dog song ; Women's song ; Red fox's song ; Wrestling games' song ; Raven's song ; Song by Thomas.
Language:
Sung in Nunamiut Eskimo.
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