Music and Dance of the Tewa Pueblos

328 Pages·1970·14.375 MB·English

by  Gertrude Prokosch Kurath, Antonio Garcia

Music and Dance
of the Tewa Pueblos
research records no.
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Music and Dance
of the Tewa Pueblos
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Music and Dance
of the Tewa Pueblos
by
GERTRUDE PROKOSCH KURATH
with the aid of
ANTONIO GARCIA
number 8
Museum of New Mexico
Research Records
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
SANTA FE 1970
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THANKS FOR HELP
Hans Kurath, Hugh M. Miller, Donald L. Roberts . . . and Carlos Garcia,
Juanito Trujillo, and other Tewa of San Juan and Santa Clara.
THANKS FOR ADVICE
Edward P. Dozier, Bertha P. Dutton, Randall H. Speirs, Mischa Titiev.
THANKS FOR SUPPORT
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for eight years
of indispensable financial aid for field work, tape recorders and tape record¬
ing, and photography, 1957-1965, and publication.
The American Philosophical Society Library for aid towards study of song
texts in 1957.
Copyright 1969 by the Museum of New Mexico Press
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 76-113265
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
P. O. Box 2087 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Approach to the Study of Tewa Ceremony . 1
A Technical Introduction
PART I CEREMONIAL ECOLOGY 13
Chapter 2: Symbolic Dimensions of the Setting.15
Chapter 3: Time: The Annual Ceremonial Cycle.23
Chapter 4: The Performers: Social Interaction.29
Chapter 5: Ritual Preludes and Postludes.38
by Antonio Garcia and Carlos Garcia
PART II CHOREOGRAPHIC AND MUSICAL PATTERNS 47
Chapter 6: Circuit Orientation .49
Chapter 7: Horizontal Formations.61
Chapter 8: Body Movement in Vertical
and Horizontal Dimensions.73
Chapter 9: Dance and Music Integration.86
Chapter 10: Tonal Patterns.99
PART III SYMBOLIC PAGEANTRY 115
Chapter 11: Deer Spirits Herald the Dawn.117
Chapter 12: The Awakening Season:
From Dawn Lake Come the Raingods .131
Chapter 13: San Juan Girls Are Singing Beautifully,
Swaying Dew Baskets.145
Chapter 14: The Ripening Season:
With Their Corn Growing Power They Come.169
Chapter 15: In the Fertile Valley They Have Flowers.186
Chapter 16: Above the Dormant Earth
Beautifully Game Is Emerging.199
Chapter 17: They Come with Thunder and Lightning.219
Chapter 18: Pleasure Dances for Any Season.233
Chapter 19: Matachines: A Midwinter Drama from Iberia.257
Chapter 20: Ritual Radiation and Reception.279
POSTLUDE.288
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Appendix I: Tewa Audio-Visual Sources.289
Appendix II: Puye Cliffs Sample Program, 1964 Ceremonial.289
Appendix III: The Construction of Dance Instruments .290
Appendix IV: Tewa Pueblo Round Dances.292
by Don L. Roberts
BIBLIOGRAPHY.303
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