Composer: Arthur Farwell
Performer: Dakota String Quartet, William Sharp, Emanuele Arciuli, University of Texas Chamber Singers
Conductor: James Morrow
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8559900
Release: 2021
Size: 175 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. String Quartet in A major, Op. 65 ‘The Hako’
Indian Songs, Op. 32
02. No. 1, Song of the Deathless Voice
03. No. 2, Inketunga’s Thunder Song
04. No. 3, The Old Man’s Love Song
Indian Songs, Op. 102
05. No. 3, Pawnee Horses
From Mesa and Plain
06. No. 2, Pawnee Horses
07. Navajo War Dance No. 2, Op. 29
08. Dawn
Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, Op. 21
09. No. 1, Receiving the Messenger
10. No. 2, Nearing the Village
11. No. 3, Song of Approach
12. No. 4, Laying Down the Pipes
13. No. 5, Raising the Pipes
14. No. 6, Invocation
15. No. 7, Song of Peace
16. No. 8, Choral
Arthur Farwell has been called ‘the most neglected composer in [American musical] history.’ Hounded by accusations of ‘cultural appropriation,’ he has posthumously fallen prey to changing notions of cultural authenticity. As the leader of the ‘Indianists’ movement, Farwell believed it was a democratic obligation of Americans of European descent to try to understand the indigenous Americans they displaced and oppressed. To this end, he merged Indian music and lore with Western concert forms – today, a controversial practice. The performances here recorded originated at a landmark PostClassical Ensemble festival at Washington’s National Cathedral.