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Natalie Curtis

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American ethnomusicologist (1875-1921)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1875 to 1921 · aged 46
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Natalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin was an American ethnomusicologist. Curtis, along with Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Frances Densmore, was one of a small group of women doing important ethnological studies in North America at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Natalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin was an American ethnomusicologist. Curtis, along with Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Frances Densmore, was one of a small group of women doing important ethnological studies in North America at the beginning of the 20th century. She is remembered for her transcriptions and publication of traditional music of Native American tribes as well as for having published a four-volume collection of African-American music. Her career was cut short by her accidental death in 1921.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1875 to 1921 · aged 46
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