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Frances Theresa Densmore (May 21, 1867 – June 5, 1957) was an American anthropologist and ethnographer born in Red Wing, Minnesota. Densmore studied Native American music and culture, and in modern terms, she may be described as an ethnomusicologist.
Jun 1, 2024 · Frances Densmore (born May 21, 1867, Red Wing, Minn., U.S.—died June 5, 1957, Red Wing) was an ethnologist, foremost American authority of her time on the songs and music of American Indian tribes, and widely published author on Indian culture and life-styles.
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Dec 20, 2023 · Densmore began her work in Minnesota, observing and recording the cultures of the Dakota and Ojibwe, and then traveled across North America preserving the customs and traditions of many Native American tribes.
She studied harmony and keyboard from a young age, enrolling in the Oberlin Conservatory from 1884 to 1887 to study piano, organ, and harmony (music theory). After Oberlin, Densmore became an acclaimed ethnomusicologist due to her study and preservation of Native American music.
Frances Densmore. (1867 – 1957) Frances Densmore devoted over fifty years of her life to the study and preservation of American Indian music. In collaboration with the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, she amassed a collection of thousands of song recordings, including twenty-four hundred transcribed songs.
Nov 3, 2022 · Frances Densmore (May 21, 1867–June 5, 1957) — a young music teacher from Red Wing, Minnesota — was appalled. In consonance with the eternal truth that the best way to complain is to create, she set out to singlehandedly preserve a vital aspect of indigenous culture, the one art that is the heartbeat of every culture: music. Frances Densmore
Frances Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnographer. She devoted a significant part of her career to studying Native American music and culture.
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