An Art Reel: The Song of Hiawatha. The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters. This classic work brgons with the lines: "By the shore of Gitche Gumee | By the shining Big-Sea-Water ... The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman. Events in the story are set in the Pictured Rocks area of Michigan on the south shor

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The premiere of The Song of Hiawatha in 1898 established Samuel Coleridge-Taylor as one of the greatest Black composers of western classical music. Discover the Overture from The Song of Hiawatha and more on the latest Naxos release from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra — available now on Apple Music, Spotify, and more. LISTEN NOW: https://Naxos.lnk.to/SColeridgeTaylorFP | Naxos of America

Our next concert begins with The Song of Hiawatha by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Conductor Joshua Weilerstein explains how it sounds warm and cinematic. It’s also great fun to play. Available to stream on Marquee TV for free for 7 days from Wednesday. | London Philharmonic Orchestra