Gloria Coates: Indian Sounds (Symphony No.8) (1991)

Gloria Coates (*1938): Indian Sounds (Symphony No.8) (1991). 1. Indian Grounds 2. Indian Mounds 3. Indian Rounds Kathleen Eberlein e Rose Bihler Shah, voices and stones Musica-viva-ensemble Dresden diretto da Jürgen Wirrmann. Cover image: Photo of native american pictograph in Arizona, copyright by Galen Rowell/Corbis. Indian Sounds: "Indian Sounds" is the chamber orchestra version of Symphony No 8, composed in 1991 in honor of the discovery of America and a tribute to the Native Americans. I grew up in Wisconsin among the Indian culture and witnessed their isolation and struggle for rights which was happening during the period of writing this work. Here both the English Horn and oboe play an important role, the representation of innocence with a limpid tone amidst the menacing textures in the strings. There are three movements in the ' Indian Sounds': I. Indian Grounds represents the land and the struggle with possession. 2. Indian Mounds represents the burial grounds, especially the Dixon Mounds in Illinois that are being robbed and exploited illegally. 3. Indian Rounds represents the symbol of eternity in the Native American culture. The melodies used are from various tribes: Seneca, Plains, and Winnebago which are here chanted by Kathleen Eberlein and Rose Bihler Shah in the original language. (Gloria Coates). **** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.