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Beautiful beyond : Christian songs in native languages
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"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 Sout...
"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.'"--Original container.
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- Creator
- presented by the National Museum of the American Indian
- Included Title
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- Smithsonian global sound for libraries
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- Multiple languages, Cheyenne, Yupik languages, Hawaiian, Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Navajo, Siouan (Other), North American Indian (Other)
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings : Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, [2004]
- ℗2004
- Physical Details
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- Streaming sound files (71 min., 32 sec.)
- OCLC
- ocn698169837, ocm56353222
- Credits
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- Various performers (listed in program notes)
- Historical and ethnological program notes by W. Richard West Jr., Gerald L. Hill, Edward Wapp Wahpeconiah, and Howard Bass in original container.
- Originally issued as compact disc.
- Includes bibliography and discography.
- Recorded 1988-2003. Specific dates and places included in disc notes.
- Sung in Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Tewa, Yu'pik, Hawaiian, Hopi, Oneida, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Navajo or Lakota.
- Comanche hymn (2:12) -- Comanche hymn (1:47) -- Kiowa prayer song (0:38) -- Kiowa hymn (2:31) -- Hymn composed by Goomdah (2:53) -- Cheyenne hymn (2:41) -- Tewa mass. Lord have mercy (1:13) -- Lord I call (0:54) -- Having beheld the Resurrection (1:19) -- Blessed be thy name (0:46) -- Ke Aloha O Ka Haku : Lili'uokalani's prayer (1:53) -- Ho'onani (0:48) -- Silent night (2:13) -- On the beautiful beyond (3:08) -- In the sweet by and by (2:02) -- Rock of ages (3:11) -- 'Twill be glory by and by (2:58) -- Ise Iesos Sewenniio : Wedding prayer hymn (2:44) -- Takwaienha : The Lord's Prayer (2:47) -- Wonderful place (1:40) -- Orphan child (2:35) -- That heavenly home (2:25) -- Believing and praying (2:39) -- Sinners can you hate the savior? (2:38) -- Jesus made the road (1:13) -- At the cross (1:30) -- Guide me, Jehovah (2:33) -- Heavenly home (2:50) -- On the Jericho road (3:29) -- Amazing grace (1:31) -- Sweet hour of prayer (3:03) -- Jesus loves even me (1:44) -- Communion of the saints (3:00)