Title: Moving within the circle :
Authors: Burton, Bryan,
Date: 1993
Publisher: World Music Press,
Physical description: 169 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm +
Language: English
LC classification: M
Abstract: "A dynamic collection of twenty-four social songs and dances, flute songs and guided listening experiences, as well as instructions for making present day instruments. Representing the music of the Pueblo, Lakota, Kiowa, Nanticoke, Hidatsa, Haliwa-Saponi, Seneca and other peoples, [the book] includes in-depth cultural and historical background"--Back cover.
Contents: Entering the circle : learning to learn -- Shaping the sounds : style, form, substance -- Uniting the circles : the intertribal pow-wow -- Moving within the circle : songs and dances -- Songs of the wind : the Native American flute -- A myriad of voices : guided listening experiences -- Making instruments the new old-fashioned way.
Notes: Includes musical transcriptions and dance instructions. Errata slip inserted.
Subject headings (LCSH): Folk dancing--United States.; Folk music--United States.; Indian dance--North America.; Indians of North America--Music--History and criticism.; Indians of North America--Music.; Music--United States; Music.