essay
Tachi Yokuts music
Kroeber Anthropological Society papers • (19) • Published In 1958 • Pages: 47-55
By: Hatch, James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is primarily concerned with the stylistic modifications of Tachi music and songs since they were first recorded by A. L. Kroeber in 1904 on cylinders, later in 1940 by Mrs. Margaret Cummin on disks, and finally by the author himself in 1957. In the process of his analysis the author gives some interesting characterizations of the Tachi singers, as well as ethnographic notes on the origin and types of songs sung by these performers. In summary, the author points out that while the Tachi have come in contact with many other peoples of dissimilar linguistic affiliations, their songs and music, as a whole, have retained their distinctiveness, despite their dissociation from the original ceremonies for which they were intended, and despite syllabic changes in the language itself.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Informants
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Music
- Literary texts
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yokuts
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1904-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tachi Yokuts, central California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- James Hatch
- The actual musical transcriptions which follow the text of this article are not included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 55)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54036266
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yokuts Indians