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Ryterband, Roman – Indian Historian, 1979
Discusses the traditional music of the Agua Caliente band of California's Desert Cahuilla Indian tribe, including accompanying instruments, types of songs, thematic material, and performance routines. Exploring the structure of the music, the article describes meter, tempo, harmony and tonal gravitations, and use of words. (DS)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Folk Culture, Music
Download full textOsbourne, McConathy; Gehrkens, Karl W.; Birge, Edward B. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
Early in the year 1919 a questionnaire was sent by the Bureau of Education to all the universities and colleges in the United States. A large proportion of replies was received, as 419 out of 585 institutions returned answered questionnaires. Most of the important institutions of learning are represented in the replies and in most cases we may…
Descriptors: College Credits, Music Education, Questionnaires, Music
Haack, Paul A. – 1981
An overview of early country school music and music education in the Mountain Plains region of America provides impresssions gained from texts, journals, official records, and personal interviews. Music is portrayed as a socializer to engender community spirit, an enhancement of patriotism, a means to enculturate to the "American way of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Educational History, Elementary Education, Music
