Excerpt from American Primitive Music: With Especial Attention to the Songs of the Ojibways If my research contributes in any slight degree to the science of ethnology, such result should be regarded as its by-product, for this book is the work of a muswian whose astonished atten tion was attracted to the subject by hearing a party of O jib ways sing a rarely beautiful song, and who followed that lead in the hope, well founded as it proved, of discovering a type of genuine and useful folksong indigenous to his native soil. That Indian songs may be useful to_ civilization, that is, that they have great art value, I thoroughly believe, and I should be lacking in the courage of my convictions if I did not make such demonstration of my belief as lies in my power. To this end, in addition to a discussion of scales, rhythm, form, and other technical and non-technical matters kindred to the sub jcet, I have selected twenty-eight songs from my collection, adapted to them English verse suggested by the Indian orig inals, and provided them with pianoforte accompaniments. Some of the songs I have also arranged for unaccompanied mixed quartette. All these will be found in the book in addi tion to notations of the entire collection of melodies which it was my good fortune to find. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.