Frances Densmore | |
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Born | Red Wing, Minnesota, U.S. | May 21, 1867
Died | June 5, 1957 | (aged 90)
Known for | Preservation of Native American culture |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropologist, specializing as a Comparative musicologist ethnographer and ethnomusicologist |
Institutions | Bureau of American Ethnology |
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Anthropology of art, media, music, dance and film |
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Social and cultural anthropology |
Frances Theresa Densmore (May 21, 1867 – June 5, 1957) was an American anthropologist and ethnographer born in Red Wing, Minnesota.[1] Densmore studied Native American music and culture, and in modern terms, she may be described as an ethnomusicologist.
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