Choctaw Music (Reprint of the 1943 edition, which was issued as Anthropological Paper 28 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, p. 101-188 of its Bulletin 136)

New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1972. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Yellow cloth with black lettering. 97 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "The following study of Choctaw music was conducted in January 1933, as part of a survey of Indian music in the Gulf States, made possible by a grant-in-aid from the National Research Council. A certain peculiarity had been observed in songs of the Yuma of southern Arizona, the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, the Seminole of Florida, and the Tule Indians of Panama. The purpose of the survey was to ascertain whether this peculiarity was present in the songs of other tribes in the South......