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The Music of the Suyá Indians of Central Brazil
Anthony Seeger
Anthony Seeger is a Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the heir to the great musical legacy of the Seeger family – among other notables, his grandfather Charles Seeger was a musicologist and his uncle Pete Seeger was an influential folk singer and member of The Weavers. Seeger is a specialist in the music of the Suyá people of central Brazil, as well as of protest and struggle music, and has written widely in these and other fields. He is also a trained music archivist, and runs the music archive facility at University of California, Los Angeles. From 1988 to 2000, he was Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings at the Smithsonian Institute.
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Description: Anthony Seeger, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the main focus of his career - the music of the Suyá Indians of Central Brazil . He gives a quick but fascinating lesson in their musical folkways, the central role that music plays in their culture and society, how the Suyá use music to structure their sense of time, their instrumentation and use of voice, the place that music education plays in the raising of their children, and their reluctance to adopt the instrumentation or techniques of other cultures even as they gladly appropriate their songs. In addition, he sings one of the songs the Suyá perform during rainy season.
Shoot Date: November 2007 |
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