Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-24 | Page 29 | Indian Music Now Recorded

'INDIAN II NOW RECORDED Tribal Songs and Chants of Redskins Gathered for Melody Students Short accounts of men and woman who have gone among the Indlane and recorded thtfr tribal songs and chuntx are contained in the current issue of The Etude. The article says that one i of these Investigators was permanently permanent-ly crippled by reason of bis energy in pressing his search for melodies. The article saj "My people are all civilized. Sc we haven't any music. "This was the pathetle expression of a Creek Indian. Civilization Is sup-planting sup-planting the Indian traits with those of the white man and th" Indian race Is vanishing faster In that direction than by disease. If It had not been for the activities and the sacrifice of many enthusiastic enthusias-tic men and women, there would be, no question but that all vestiges of the Interesting lore might have disappeared disappear-ed in a few years. "First among these may be- mentioned men-tioned Miss Frances Densmore, whose work among the Teton Sioux, the Chlp-PH Chlp-PH was, the Northern Utes. the Pawnees md the desert Iribcs in Arizona has been oC the greatest value. She has collected and recorded over: 900 melodies Mis-! Allee C. Fletcher, the distinguished disting-uished ethnologist, romim need her investigations in-vestigations w ith the Omaha Wine-1 bago and Nez Perces tribes, and col-, leeted an amazing amount of the- most excellent material "Natalie Curtis, who was educated , in music In France and Germany, has! i .-r made exhaustive Investigations of the sources of American Indian music, mu-sic, comparing it in time with her in- vestlgatlons of the music of the tribes ,of South Africa. "Among the musicians who have made original investigations Thur- low Lleurance has had. perhaps, the most varied and penetrating experiences. experi-ences. Like Miss Densmore. Miss Fletcher and Miss Curtis. Mr. Ideur-ant Ideur-ant e was employed by the government to visit the tribes and make- notation and phonograph records. This he did, until he had probably visited more! tribes than any other musician. In-, deed, he is permanently crippled, ow-' ing to the fad that he was nearly froz-en froz-en to death while in the quest of certain cer-tain Important American Indian music mu-sic material Mr. Lleurance is related relat-ed by marriages of relatives to he Indians and has had their irtimatej .on liib-nc-e for cars. cn'iin into their ceremonials as few white men have ever done Carlos Trover Is probnUjy the velsr- 1 an of all living Investigators. He lived among Ihe Indians for long periods Of time and has ther fori employed the true Indian material In the righl : way. "Charles w. Cad man ha$ spent much Of his life In the West and has made! numerous visits to various tribes, em-! ploying theuus inspired hy thlr music' in highly artistic way. His opera. "Sha-I newls," in Indian themes, has proven one of the most successful operas ever1 wi Itten by an Americ m