Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

9/1/1971 - 9/30/1973

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$12,480.00 (approved)
$12,480.00 (awarded)


Ethnomusicology of the Nez Perce Indians

FAIN: RO-11385-71

Washington State University (Pullman, WA 99164-0001)
A. Loran Olsen (Project Director: September 1971 to present)

To record and collect existent personal recordings of authentic performances of Nez Perce music and to notate, analyze and evaluate the music with the help of consultatnts. Virtually no research has been done on this music, nor is there any Nez Perce music preserved in the Library of Congress.