We'll Be in Your Mountains, We'll Be in Your Songs: A Navajo Woman Sings [With 12 Songs]

by Ellen McCullough-Brabson and Marilyn Help

Book Overview

When the Holy People gave the Navajos the gift of music, they said, "We'll be in your mountains, we'll be in your songs." This collection of Navajo music and the accompanying recording is a remarkable collaboration between a university music professor and her one-time student, a traditional Navajo who teaches on the reservation. It is an in-depth examination of twelve Navajo social songs and includes rich, detailed explanations of the culture and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826322174
• ISBN13: 9780826322173
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.3"