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🎀 Cute Composer Series: Native American opera composers ✨🎶
🎼 Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Bonnin) was a Yankton Dakota political activist, writer, violinist, and composer who lived from 1876-1938.✨ She is the most important person in the genre of Native American Opera, as it would not exist without her.
She single handedly brought the genre into existence with her opera The Sun Dance. For this work, Zitkala-Ša drew from her Yankton Dakota heritage for both the libretto and songs of the opera.🎶 Her works as a whole explore issues of cultural identity, and her music features Sioux, Ute, and Lakota songs, dances, and cultural themes.
🎤 Lyz Jaakola is a Fond du Lac Anishinaabe musician, educator, and composer who is responsible for composing one of the first operas to use the Dakota language.📖 The opera, Mináǧi kiŋ dowáŋ: A Zitkála-Šá Opera follows the life and work of Zitkala-Ša.
More generally, her music and performances fall into many genres🎵, such as Anishinaabe music, jazz, blues and opera.
👉 Which one’s music do you want to explore more? VOTE BELOW👇& follow @daixcompose for more Cute Composer spotlights 💙
Zitkala-Ša: Sundance opera https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DNP_4MDuG_A&ra=m
Lyz Jaakola, Strong Woman’s Song https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g7zRxLCd9Lk&ra=m
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🎀 Cute Composer Series: Native American opera composers! ✨🎶
🎼 Zitkala-Ša — Yankton Dakota activist, violinist & composer (1876–1938) — single-handedly created Native American opera with The Sun Dance, weaving Sioux, Ute & Lakota songs into her music. 🌿
🎤 Lyz Jaakola, Fond du Lac Anishinaabe composer, wrote one of the first operas in the Dakota language — Mináǧi kiŋ dowáŋ — honoring Zitkala-Ša's legacy. 📖
👉 Who do you want to explore? VOTE & follow @daixcompose! 💙