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Arthur Farwell

American composer

Arthur Farwell (April 23, 1872 – January 20, 1952) was an American composer, conductor, educationalist, lithographer, esoteric savant, and music publisher. Interested in American Indian music, he became associated with the Indianist movement and founded the Wa-Wan Press to publish music in this genre. He combined teaching, composing and conducting in his career, working on both coasts and in Michigan.

The American composer and critic A. Walter Kramer identified Farwell as “probably the most neglected composer in our history - at the turn of the century no one wrote music with greater seriousness of purpose or fought harder for American music”.

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Works

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  • American Indian Melodies, op. 11
  • American Indian Melodies, op. 11: No. 3. Song of the Deathless Voice
  • Aristocracy
  • Dawn, op. 12
  • From Mesa and Plain, op. 20
  • From Mesa and Plain, op. 20: No. 1. Navajo War Dance
  • From Mesa and Plain, op. 20: No. 2. Pawnee Horses
  • From Mesa and Plain, op. 20: No. 3. Prairie Miniature
  • From Mesa and Plain, op. 20: No. 4. Wa-Wan Choral
  • From Mesa and Plain, op. 20: No. 5. Plantation Melody
  • I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
  • Ichibuzzhi, op. 13
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 1. Receiving the Messenger
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 2. Nearing the Village
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 3. Song of Approach
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 4. Laying Down the Pipes
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 5. Raising the Pipes
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 6. Invocation
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 7. Song of Peace
  • Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, op. 21: No. 8. Choral
  • Navajo War Dance no. 2, op. 29
  • Pawnee Horses
  • String Quartet in A major, op. 65 “The Hako”
  • The Butterfly
  • The Domain of Hurakan, op. 15
  • The Sabbath
  • These Saw Visions
  • Three Indian Songs, op. 32
  • Three Indian Songs, op. 32: No. 1. Song of the Deathless Voice
  • Three Indian Songs, op. 32: No. 2. Inketunga's Thunder Song
  • Three Indian Songs, op. 32: No. 3. The Old Man's Love Song
  • Wild Nights!