Natalie Curtis Burlin: A Life in Native and African American Music

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Why Remember Natalie Curtis? 1 1 An “Atmosphere of Culture and High Purpose”: Family Influences in a Changing America 15 2 “They Don't Know What Bliss Is!”: Curtis’s Musical Adolescence 37 3 “I Am Full of Plans”: Curtis Discovers Native Americans and Their Music 81 4 “The Pencil in the Hand of the Indian”: Curtis and The Indians’ Book 119 5 “The White Friend”: Curtis and Indian Reform 165 6 Folk Songs of a “Very Musical Race”: Curtis and African American Music 213 7 “The Spirit of the Real America”: Curtis’s Search for an American Identity 269 Conclusion: Remembering Natalie Curtis 323 Notes 331 Bibliography 367 Index 391 ...