Frances Densmore

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Frances Densmore was an American ethnomusicologist renowned for her pioneering work in recording, preserving, and studying Native American music and culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf ethnomusicologist
human
musicologist
researcher
affiliation Smithsonian Institution
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1867-05-21
dateOfDeath 1957-06-05
educatedAt Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
employer Bureau of American Ethnology
era early 20th century
late 19th century
ethnicGroupDocumented Choctaw
Hopi
linked to: Hopi people

Menominee
Northern Ute
linked to: Northern Ute Tribe

Ojibwe (Chippewa)
linked to: Ojibwe

Papago (Tohono O’odham)
Pawnee
linked to: Pawnee people

Seminole
Sioux (Dakota, Lakota, Nakota)
linked to: Sioux people

Teton Sioux
Winnebago (Ho-Chunk)
linked to: Winnebago

Yuma
Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
familyName Densmore
fieldOfWork Native American studies
anthropology
ethnomusicology
givenName Frances
hasCollectionAt Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution Archives
knownFor pioneering ethnomusicological fieldwork in North America
preserving Native American songs
recording Native American music
studying Native American musical traditions
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Frances Densmore
nationality American
notableAchievement helped establish ethnomusicology as a distinct academic discipline
made hundreds of wax-cylinder recordings of Native American music
published numerous monographs through the Bureau of American Ethnology
notableWork Chippewa Music
Choctaw Music
Northern Ute Music
linked to: Northern Ute Tribe

Papago Music
Teton Sioux Music
occupation anthropologist
ethnomusicologist
folklorist
writer
placeOfBirth Red Wing, Minnesota
placeOfDeath Red Wing, Minnesota
placeOfOrigin Red Wing, Minnesota
residence Red Wing, Minnesota
sexOrGender female
studied music
organ
piano

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Lakewood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Frances Densmore
Frances Densmore name Frances Densmore