Called upstairs : Moravian Inuit music in Labrador /

"A silent clapboard church on a barren Arctic landscape is more than just a place of worship: it is a symbol that can evoke fraught reactions to the history of Christian colonization. In the Inuit homeland of Northern Labrador, however, that church is more likely to resonate with the voices of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gordon, Tom, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Series:McGill-Queen's indigenous and northern series ; 105.
Subjects:
Moravian Church
Church music > Newfoundland and Labrador > Labrador > Moravian Church.
Inuit > Newfoundland and Labrador > Labrador > Music > History and criticism.
Missions > Newfoundland and Labrador > Labrador.
Musique d'église > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Labrador > Frères moraves.
Inuits > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Labrador > Musique > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies.
Inuit
Missions
Newfoundland and Labrador > Labrador
Music
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Called Upstairs: Moravian Inuit Music in Labrador
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Series Editors
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface: Called Upstairs
  • Acknowledgments
  • Audio Examples and Musical Scores
  • Chapter 1: Backstories
  • Chapter 2: Hymns from a Feeling Heart
  • Chapter 3: "The Seed of Music Takes Root"
  • Chapter 4: Trumpets on the Roof
  • Chapter 5: Taima ... Nala ...: Music and Leadership
  • Chapter 6: Reading by Ear: Memory, Literacy, Aurality, and Transmission
  • Chapter 7: The Inuit Voice in Moravian Music
  • Glossary of Musical Terms
  • Tables and Figures
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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