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Why Suy� Sing A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People

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ISBN-10: 0252072022

ISBN-13: 9780252072024

Edition: 1987

Authors: Anthony Seeger

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Description:

Anthony Seeger examines the importance of music for the Suy people of the Amazon. Like their neighbours, the Suy spend much of their time & energy in singing. This book explores myth telling, speech making & singing in the initiation ceremony.
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 10/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 170
Size: 5.00" wide x 5.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.880

List of music examples on the CD
Notes on Suya orthography
The mouse ceremony begins
Suya vocal art : from speech to song
The origin of songs
Singing as a creative activity
From lab to field : the mystery of rising pitch in a rainy season song
Leaping, dancing, and singing the mouse's song
Why Suya sing