A digital edition of 245 songs from the book Teton Sioux Music by Frances Densmore, originally published by the Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 61, Smithsonian Institution (1918). The digital edition was prepared by Craig Stuart Sapp in 2002.
densmore-teton-siouxCopyright 2002 Craig Stuart Sapp
All songs are assigned language 'Sioux' (siou1253). Most are more specifically in the Teton dialect of which I do not know the glottolog id. Some others (95, 96, 97, 189, 190, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240] are from the the Santee dialect (glottolog dako1259).
It could be interesting to copy the tempi and instrumentation from the original publication. Many songs have drum accompaniament, sometimes in a different tempo than the voice.
| ID | Options | Num | Title | Source | Genre | Meters | md5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sioux001 | 1 | Song of the White Buffalo Maiden | Densmore, 1918, p. 67 | Song of the Coming of the W... | 93328 | |||
| sioux002 | 2 | Song of Pretended Search | Densmore, 1918, p. 73 | Song of the Alowangpi Ceremony | fcd5d | |||
| sioux003 | 3 | Ceremonial Song | Densmore, 1918, p. 75 | Song of the Alowangpi Ceremony | f231d | |||
| sioux004 | 4 | Song for Securing Fair Weather | Densmore, 1918, p. 99 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 91a9e | |||
| sioux005 | 5 | We Are Coming | Densmore, 1918, p. 105 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 8054b | |||
| sioux006 | 6 | Song of the Braves' dance | Densmore, 1918, p. 107 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 3feb9 | |||
| sioux007 | 7 | With Dauntless Courage | Densmore, 1918, p. 108 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 75e79 | |||
| sioux008 | 8 | The Many Lands You Fear | Densmore, 1918, p. 109 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 47466 | |||
| sioux009 | 9 | Song of the Departure of the Young Men | Densmore, 1918, p. 110 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 57076 | |||
| sioux010 | 10 | Song of the Return of the Young Men | Densmore, 1918, p. 112 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | b227b | |||
| sioux011 | 11 | Song of Cutting the Sacred Pole | Densmore, 1918, p. 113 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 62926 | |||
| sioux012 | 12 | Song of Victory over the Sacred Pole | Densmore, 1918, p. 115 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 52c6e | |||
| sioux013 | 13 | Song of Painting the Sacred Pole | Densmore, 1918, p. 117 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 280e7 | |||
| sioux014 | 14 | Song Sung after Raising the Sacred Pole (a) | Densmore, 1918, p. 119 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 9dc6c | |||
| sioux015 | 15 | Song Sung after Raising the Sacred Pole (b) | Densmore, 1918, p. 120 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | d5881 | |||
| sioux016 | 16 | Song Sung after Raising the Sacred Pole (c) | Densmore, 1918, p. 121 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 95fd7 | |||
| sioux017 | 17 | Song of Preparing the Sacred Place | Densmore, 1918, p. 123 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | db333 | |||
| sioux018 | 18 | Song of Final Visit to the Vapor Lodge | Densmore, 1918, p. 124 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 8a5bf | |||
| sioux019 | 19 | Opening Song of the Sun Dance (a) | Densmore, 1918, p. 128 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 2b12f | |||
| sioux020 | 20 | Opening Song of the Sun Dance (b) | Densmore, 1918, p. 129 | Ceremonial Song/Song of the... | 6f8d5 |
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