Wakefield Cadman, Charles
Four American Indian Songs
Four American Indian Songs
Boston: White-Smith Music Publishing Company, 1909. Quarto in brownish gray oversize wraps with blue-gray stamping; 29 pages; stringbound; 30 cm In very good (+) condition; corners a wee bit bumped but covers are sturdy; pages very clean and printing bright. Pamphlet.
Opus 4. Sheet music. "Having published several articles on American Indian music, Cadman became regarded as one of the foremost experts on the subject. In 1908 he began touring to present lectures known as the "Indian Talk", or "Indian Music Tour", accompanied by the performance of Native American music and his own compositions. Tsianina Redfeather (Muscogee/Cherokee), billed as "Princess Redfeather", performed as a singer on some of his tours. Her signature song was Cadman's "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water". Another such song was "At Dawning", which became widely known in the 1920s. Cadman toured both the US and Europe for 25 years to present this lecture. Cadman drew from Omaha and Iroquois songs for his Four American Indian Songs, Op. 45, which became his first commercial success in 1909." -Wikipedia.