Scenes from Indian Life

Composer: BALLARD, Louis Wayne
  • The multi-movement orchestral work, Scenes from Indian Life, was finished in it’s first version in 1964. The final version of the piece wasn’t completed until 1994 (see changes below).
    • Ballard wrote the first three movements in 1964 and added the final one decades later in 1994:
      1. Two Indians, One Navajo, One Taos
      2. Building A Wall, Adobe House
      3. Indian Friends Finish the Wall
      4. Feast Day
  • Ballard also arranged the work for band and elementary orchestra.1

Sources

  1. Karl Erik Ettinger, “Louis W. Ballard: Composer and Music Educator,” (PhD Diss., University of Florida, 2014), 88, 225.

Cut IDs

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