Author: Roberts, Helen Heffron ; & Jenness, Diamond [ 1886 - 1969 ]
Title: Songs of the Copper Eskimos [ Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 , Vol. XIV, Pt. A]
Description: Ottawa, F.A. Acland, 1925. boards. 24x16cm, 506,(1) pp. Later (recent) binder's blind boards with original front & rear cover wrappers bound-in.. Musical illustrations. Some wear. Some binding stains. Some foxing. Good. ¶ Includes music & words for 131 songs. Series: Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18, Vol. 14. Eskimo Songs ; [Pt. A]. Contents Music of Songs (By Helen H. Roberts): Explanation of signs used in the music itself; Explanation of signs used in the musical analyses; Copper Eskimo Dance Songs: The Pisik: Without Prelude; Sylabic but not musical Preludes; Prelude Effect; Real Preludes; Irregular Types; More or less Formless; Forms different from the Pisik; The Aton; Undifferentiated Dance Songs; Weather Incantations; Dance Songs from Surrounding Region: Mackenzie River Dance Songs; Inland Hudson Bay Dance Songs; Songs from Point Hope, Alaska; Scales or Tone Preferences; Different Versions of the Same Song and Instances of Melodic Borrowing; Texts and Translations. (by D. Jenness): Copper Eskimo Dance Songs; Pisiks; Aton; Undifferentiated Dance Songs; Weather Incantations; Dance Songs from Surrounding Regions: Mackenzie River Dance Songs; Island Hudson Bay Dance Songs; Songs from Point Hope, Alaska

Keywords: Musicology, Eskimo Folk Songs, Eskimos Canada, Music History, Ethnography, Anthropology, Ethnology Inuit, Ethnomusicology, Language Folklore, Canadian Arctic