LibGuides: Frances Densmore: Recording & Preserving Native American Music : Newspapers

Suggested Newspapers & Dates

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Dates:

May 21, 1867: Frances Densmore is born in Red Wing.
1905: Densmore visited the Ojibwe bands in Grand Marais and Grand Portage where she started to transcribe their native music.
1907: Densmore began officially recording Native American music for the Smithsonian Institute's Bureau of American Ethnology.
1941: Densmore received the award of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors for her contributions to American musicology.
1943: Densmore completed the Smithsonian-Densmore collection of sound recordings of American Indian music.
June 5, 1957: Frances Densmore died in Red Wing.

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