Passamaquoddy Ceremonial Songs: Aesthetics and Survival

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“The clearest, most detailed account of Passamaquoddy and Wabanaki history and musical culture that I have ever read. Original, informative, interesting, and well researched, this work makes an enormous contribution to the fields of ethnomusicology and related disciplines.”?Victoria Lindsay Levine, author of Writing American Indian Music: Historic Transcriptions, Notations, and Arrangements “Original, informative, interesting, and well researched, this work makes an enormous contribution to the fields of ethnomusicology and related disciplines.”?Victoria Lindsay Levine “Spinney patiently describes her methodologies and sources as well as the cultural contexts for the songs she has transcribed and collected.”?The New England Quarterly “Spinney has written as comprehensive an account of the musical culture?both the present and its history?of a Native American nation as one can imagine. . . . Appropriate for a wide audience, this interesting book makes a significant contribution to the literature on ethnomusicology. Highly recommended.”?Choice