Native American Flute
Music collected by Frances Densmore
Steven Gigante - Native American Flute
Mike Brecker - Drum
Native American music is and has been a major part of Native
American culture. Anthropologist Fancis Densmore collected this music that is
performed by Steven Gigante and Mike Brecker. She spent time in the early 20th
century collecting the songs of the Dakota Indians. She was instrumental in
recording and transcribing their music. Through her efforts she would help the
Native Americans preserve their heritage and culture. This would allow other
generations of musicians to study and recreate the music Fancis Densmore had
transcribed. It is vitally important to recreate music and learn how to incorporate
the music of a native culture into our own.
It is great that there are people so dedicated to preserving the music of these cultures. They not only help us know what the music sounded like, but like you said they also help us learn how to recreate it so that it can continue on in future generations.
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