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Social context and the musical analysis of Slavey Drum Dance songs
Ethnomusicology • 19 (2) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 245-257
By: Asch, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document examines links between variations in the musical events and the musical forms of compositions in the Slavey Drum Dance, introducing the concept of a “musical event” as the examination of music sound structure in performative (social) context.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Dance
- Musical instruments
- Organized ceremonial
- Rest days and holidays
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Slavey
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Wrigley, Northwest Territories, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael I. Asch
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-257)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56012963
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavey Indians