Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
Contributed to
ng06Chippewa music
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Chippewa customsBook 1929
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Pawnee musicBook 1929
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- Summary
- Frances Theresa Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnographer from Minnesota. Densmore studied Native American music and culture, and in modern terms, she may be described as an ethnomusicologist. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1867-05-21 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Red Wing (Minnesota, États-Unis) [3]
- Red Wing [4]
- Died
- 1957-07-05 [2]
- 1957-06-05 [4]
- Death Place
- Red Wing (Minnesota, États-Unis) [3]
- Red Wing [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- ethnomusicologist [4]
- musicologist [4]
- ethnologist [4]
- botanist [4]
- scientific collector [4]
- Profession
- Musikwissenschaftlerin [2]
- Employer
- Smithsonian Institution [4]
- Bureau of American Ethnology [4]
- United States National Museum [4]
- Educated at
- Oberlin Conservatory of Music [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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