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Film, Video History & Reconstruction of Native American Flutes in the Dayton C. Miller Collection

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Title

  • History & Reconstruction of Native American Flutes in the Dayton C. Miller Collection

Summary

  • Native American instrument-maker and performer Barry D. Higgins (White Crow) explores the history and reconstruction of the diverse types of Native American flutes held in the Library's Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection. The Miller Flute Collection contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-11-28.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Classification: Technology.
  • -  Barry D. Higgins (White Crow).
  • -  Recorded on 2012-11-28.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689001

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. History & Reconstruction of Native American Flutes in the Dayton C. Miller Collection. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-28, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689001/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2012) History & Reconstruction of Native American Flutes in the Dayton C. Miller Collection. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-28. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689001/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. History & Reconstruction of Native American Flutes in the Dayton C. Miller Collection. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-28, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689001/>.