Various Artists - Kwakiutl: Indian Music / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album contains songs of the Kwakiutl people collected by Dr. Ida Halpern (1910-1987). Halpern, an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, studied Native music from several tribes along the coast of British Columbia, including the Haida, Tlingit, Coastal Salish, Nootka, and Bella Coola. The liner notes for this album thoroughly discuss Dr. Halpern's methodology, and provide an analysis of the music and short biographies of the performers. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Nootka Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast. Album Tracks 1. MM52 Wolf Cycle 2. A7 Raven Song 3. TW19 Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song 4. N35 Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song 5. MM59 Hunting for Mountain Goat 6. TW21 Mountain Goat Song 7. H2 Hamatsa Song 8. N9 Cedar Bark Dance 9. N41 Hamatsa Song 10. MM73 Hamatsa Song Cycle 11. MM74 Hamatsa Song Cycle 12. MM75 Hamatsa Song Cycle 1. TW36 Bukwas Songs 2. TW40 Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song 3. MM65 Sea Eagle Ghost Mask 4. The MM68 Stonebody 5. N4 Love Song 6. N8 Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song 7. N33 Chief's Party Song 8. A8 Whale Song 9. MM28 Old Potlatch Song 10. N12 Potlatch Song 11. N5 Tugwid Dancing Song 12. N38 Nimkish Dance, Wind Song 13. TW38 Madem Song