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The Effects Of Acculturation On Eskimo Music Of Cumberland Peninsula
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Origin: Pangnirtung, Nunavut, 🇨🇦
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The Effects of Acculturation on Eskimo Music of Cumberland Peninsula documents Inuit musical life in Pangnirtung through field recordings made by ethnomusicologist Maija M. Lutz during her 1973–74 research in the community. The recordings preserve traditional songs, throat singing, dance music and other forms of musical expression, alongside music reflecting the social and cultural changes taking place in Pangnirtung.
Issued by the National Museum of Man as part of its Mercury Series, the 1974 release accompanied Lutz’s study of music on Cumberland Peninsula and the ways Inuit musical traditions were being maintained, adapted and reshaped through contact with outside influences. Performers include Jim Kilabuk, Meeka Angnakak, Elisapee Isuglutak, Malaya Nauyuk, Aksayuk Etuangut and Peterosee Kakkik.
-Robert Williston
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Performers
Jim Kilabuk: vocals
Meeka Angnakak: vocals
Elisapee Isuglutak: throat singing
Malaya Nauyuk: throat singing
Aksayuk Etuangut: vocals
Peterosee Kakkik: vocals
Pangnirtung Dance Band: performance
Bible Study Group: vocals
Additional Pangnirtung performers unidentified
Field recordings
Recorded and collected by Maija M. Lutz
Recorded in Pangnirtung, Cumberland Peninsula, Northwest Territories, September 1973 to March 1974
Recorded during field research on Inuit music and musical life in Pangnirtung
Publication
Research and text by Maija M. Lutz
The Effects of Acculturation on Eskimo Music of Cumberland Peninsula
National Museum of Man Mercury Series
Canadian Ethnology Service Paper No. 41
A Diamond Jenness Memorial Volume
Published by National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1978
Includes accompanying 7-inch mono phonodisc
Release
National Museum of Man QC 1430
7-inch, 33⅓ rpm mono phonodisc
Made in Canada
Issued with Canadian Ethnology Service Paper No. 41
1978
Recording contents
‘Kayaks Down There Come On Over’ performed by Jim Kilabuk
‘I Am Walking Down’ performed by Jim Kilabuk
‘Juggling Song’ performed by Meeka Angnakak
‘Women’s Throat Song’ performed by Elisapee Isuglutak and Malaya Nauyuk
‘What Is He Laughing About’ performed by Aksayuk Etuangut
‘I Was Going to Cut a Pattern For Pakak’s Parka’ performed by Jim Kilabuk
‘Look At This’ performed by Peterosee Kakkik
‘Ice So Large’ performed by Peterosee Kakkik
Pangnirtung Dance Band
Accordion music during ‘Eskimo’ dance
‘The Butterfly’ performed in Pangnirtung
‘Give Me That Old Time Religion’ performed by the Bible Study Group
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