Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1452092
Composed by Jeremiah Lawson. 21st Century,Classical. Individual part. 18 pages. Jeremiah Lawson #1031408. Published by Jeremiah Lawson (A0.1452092).
Thomas Commuck (1804 to 1855) was a member of the Narragansett tribe and is considered the first Native
American to publish a musical work using Western European notation. The work, Indian Melodies, is a shape?note
hymnal published as a contribution to the hymnody of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was published in 1845.
Guitar Sonata on themes by Thomas Commuck is a traditional four?movement work with an opening sonata
movement (Mooanam); a double variation form (Menominie and Susquehannah); a canonic minuet with trio (Pequot and Missouri; and a closing prelude with fugue (Flathead). The melodies are labeled as they appear throughout the score, though not always with reference to their original forms. I made a few gentle modifications to Commucks melodies to better facilitate their use in polyphonic textures.
You can hear the second movement here
https://youtu.be/OR8NMAyXlRk
and the third movement here
https://youtu.be/OjF7SxlQok0
I'm publishing this work in June 2024 to commemorate the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
