To Manitou!
for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
Full Score
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Manitou is the spiritual and fundamental life force, omnipresent and manifesting everywhere, among Algonquian groups in the Native American mythology. This setting of the story for soprano is accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Songs included: A. Songs of Life: 1. Smoke was spreading (Navajo); 2. The deer (Chippewa); 3. The chief's daughter (Kwakuitl). B. Songs of War: 4. Even the eagle dies (Sioux); 5. The birds (Chippewa); 6. Manitou (Chippewa); 7. By night, a voice (Aztec); 8. The ghost of Caupolican (Araucanian). C. Songs of Rebirth: 9. Depart, I am becoming stronger (Iroquois); 10. Behold, the dawn (Hopi). Text adapted from “In the Trail of the Wind,” a collection of American Indian poems and ritual orations.
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To Manitou!
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To Manitou!
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