318 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



No. 100. Record IV. C. 82a 



Two songs combined 



Song I 



F# to B minor tonality 



Phrases 



a b a D 



B / c d e f (ci c=) 



3 3§ 2 2 2 2 

 C 



2 2 2- 



DB / c^ i j"" f (ci c2) 



2 2 2 2 2 2 



a b a b 



B / c d el f (ci c^) 



g c' h 



2 2 2^ 



DB / c^ i j f(ci y) 



2 2 2 2 2 2 



E f k c^ 1 bi c^' 



B' / ji di - e f (ci c^) 



13222222 

 AB / a b^ c d - 



\ 3 3 3 2 li 



This very peculiar form may in itself represent the fusion of two songs. 

 Or we may have the alternative, which is not altogether rare in Copper Eskimo 

 music, of the departure to a new musical conception in the latter part of the 

 song, which so many instances of fusion would be likely to suggest sooner or 

 later, and then the return to the orginal theme, closing with a telescoped phrase 

 composed of the musical material of the original first two phrases. It is one of 

 the most interesting examples in this respect that has been encountered. While 

 the different phrases are not uniform in regard to measures or the total number 

 of beats in each, the parts are almost constant in themselves, in the repetitions. 



The B phrase with its modulation to B minor is sufficiently different from 

 the first phrase, to suggest that it too might once have been independent. The 

 E phrase is a foreshadowing of the melodic ideas presented in the still distinct 

 second song No. 101 to which we now turn for analysis after remarking that the 

 first song begins on the fifth degree of F# minor with the first beat and ends 

 on the fifth degree of B minor, below the tonic. 



Nos. 90 and 110 have melodic themes similar' to that found in the first part 

 of the present song. 



