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Charles Wakefield Cadman
12+ albums
pianoAllamerican classicalClassicalUnited States
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Charles Wakefield Cadman (December 24, 1881 - December 30, 1946) was an American composer. Cadman’s musical education, unlike that of most of his American contemporaries, was completely American. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he began piano lessons at 13. Eventually, he went to nearby Pittsburgh where he studied harmony, theory, and orchestration with Luigi von Kunits and Emil Paur, then concertmaster and conductor, respectively, of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. This was the sum of his training. He was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. He was greatly influenced by American Indian music and went so far as to travel to Nebraska to make cylinder recordings of tribal melodies for the Smithsonian Institute. He lived with the Omaha and Winnebago tribes and learned to play their instruments and later was able to adapt it in the form of 19th century romantic music. He wrote several articles on Indian music and was regarded as one of the foremost experts on the subject. He toured both the States and Europe giving his then celebrated "Indian Talk". But his involvement with the so-called Indianist Movement in American music made it difficult for his works to be judged on their own merits. His early works enjoyed little success until the famous soprano Lillian Nordica sang one of his Indian songs, "From the Land of Sky Blue Waters". Another Indian song which became well-known in the 1920s was "At Dawning". Cadman eventually moved to Los Angeles where he help
top songs
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The Legend of the Canyon, Op. 68
3442Thunderbird Suite: IV. Night Song
2613Thunderbird Suite: I. Before the Sunrise
1894Allegro brillante
1345At Dawning
1306Andante cantabile
1037From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, Op. 45, no. 1
958Allegro animato
959From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
6810Vivace energico
58albums
CADMAN: Piano Trio in D Major / Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet
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American Romantics, Vol. 3
Powell, Maud: Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (1904-1917)
AMERICAN INDIANISTS, Vol. 2
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American Music (Carousel Of) - The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts Featuring Cohan, Berlin, Kern, Romberg, Kalmar
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The American Indianists, Vol. 2
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Listen, Learn And Grow: Playtime Imagination
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At Ease
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MCCORMACK, John: McCormack Edition, Vol. 4: The Acoustic Recordings (1913-1914)
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AMERICAN INDIANISTS, Vol. 1
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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 8 (1926-1927)
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Kreisler: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 6