Not even these lyrics seemed exactly like poetry to me, although looking for the effects I'm used to from poetry in the first half of this book was probably a mistake on my part. To me, the exceptions were the "Havasupai Medicine Song" and the Inuit "Old Song of the Musk Ox People", both of which seemed more able to stand alone, and were very nice to read. (He also arranged the contemporary poetry alphabetically by author, which is something I don't generally like in anthologies.) Nevertheless, I found plenty of strong selections here among the poems, they included those by Kim Blaeser ("Anza Borrego, 1995"), Duane Niatum ("Evening Near the Hoko River" and "Stones Speak of the Earthless Sky") and Carter Revard ("Skins as Old Testament" and "What the Eagle Fan Says").Īs for the lyrics, another reviewer here wrote, "That these words were/are part of something bigger - a part of ceremonies, dances, rituals and celebrations - is obvious and an intrinsic part of their beauty." For me, their being part of something bigger is probably what often resulted in my feeling that something was missing from them I couldn't get into many of them as they're presented here, as poetry (which, admittedly, is always tricky), isolated from their original contexts. I agree with the statement of another reviewer here that it was lazy of Swann to choose his lyric selections "almost arbitrarily", as he writes in his Introductory Note he also apparently solicited the original contributions here with the prompt that "it might be a good idea to focus on the rich and complex theme of tradition and continuity", which to me didn't seem promising. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.This Dover Thrift Edition contains 27 pages of traditional Native American song lyrics in translation and 27 pages of contemporary Native American poetry, both previously published and written for this anthology. If "play" button icon is greye unfortunately this score does not contain playback functionality. Simply click the icon and if further key options appear then apperantly this sheet music is transposable.Īlso, sadly not all music notes are playable. In order to check if 'Cedar Swamp' can be transposed to various keys, check "notes" icon at the bottom of viewer as shown in the picture below. * Not all our sheet music are transposable. When this song was released on it was originally published in the key of. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free.
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