Beautiful beyond [sound recording] Christian songs in native languages / presented by the National Museum of the American Indian ; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Format:
[sound recording]
Publisher:
Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsCenter for Folklife and Cultural Heritage,
Copyright Date:
p2004
Description:
1 sound disc (71 min., 32 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
"33 tracks, 72 mins. of music, 28-page booklet w/extensive liner notes"--Label on container packaging. Compact disc.
Contents:
Comanche hymn -- Kiowa prayer song -- Kiowa hymn -- Hymn composed by Goomdah -- Cheyenne hymn -- Lord have mercy (from Tewa Mass) -- Lord I call -- Having beheld the Resurrection -- Blessed be thy name -- Ke Aloha O Ka Haku : Lili'uokalani's prayer -- Ho'onani -- Silent night -- On the beautiful beyond -- In the sweet by and by -- Rock of ages -- 'Twill be glory by and by -- Ise Iesos Sewenniio (Wedding prayer hymn) -- Takwaienha (The Lord's Prayer) -- Wonderful place -- Orphan child -- That heavenly home -- Believing and praying -- Sinners can you hate the savior? -- Jesus made the road -- At the cross -- Guide me, Jehovah -- Heavenly home -- On the Jericho road -- Amazing grace -- Sweet hour of prayer -- Jesus loves even me -- Communion of the saints.
Summary:
"This anthology of hymns and songs from Native American communities throughout the United States demonstrates how music has helped to preserve and perpetuate Native languages. Singers from the Southeast to the Plains and from the Southwest to Alaska and Hawai'i demonstrate the dynamic interplay between language and faith, and show the importance placed on the singing of these songs in keeping alive the culture embedded in their Native languages. 'At its heart, the music so movingly rendered here is a history lesson--a complicated history lesson about the fate of Native languages in this hemisphere, and, by extension, about the people who have spoken, and oftentimes still speak, those languages.'--W. Richard West, Jr."--Container.
Series:
Smithsonian Folkways recordings
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56353222
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.