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We'll Be in Your Mountains, We'll Be in Your Songs: A Navajo Woman Sings [With 12 Songs]

We'll Be in Your Mountains, We'll Be in Your Songs: A Navajo Woman Sings [With 12 Songs]

McCullough-Brabson, Ellen
Help, Marilyn
McAllester, David P.

Hardcover

Country & FolkMusic ReferenceWorld Music

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ISBN10: 0826322174
ISBN13: 9780826322173
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: Apr 1 2001
Pages: 172
Weight: 1.83
Height: 0.75 Width: 8.82 Depth: 11.28
Language: English

When the Holy People gave the Navajos the gift of music, they said, We'll be in your mountains, we'll be in your songs. This collection of Navajo music and the accompanying recording is a remarkable collaboration between a university music professor and her one-time student, a traditional Navajo who teaches on the reservation. It is an in-depth examination of twelve Navajo social songs and includes rich, detailed explanations of the culture and customs that surround both contemporary and traditional Navajo music. Marilyn Help, crowned Miss Navajo in 1977, offers direct insight into what it is like to be a Navajo woman living within the challenges of a contemporary society. At the same time, she is a cultural beacon striving to pass on traditional Navajo ways to her family, students, and friends.

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