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Songs and Song Cycles
Planting Song
Soprano, flute
Year Written: 2019
Duration: 3:00
Theme: Multicultural/Native American
DEVELOPED BY DUMASTAR
Premiered By
Maire Clement, soprano; Nancy Wucherpfennig, flute; Summer Salon, Mpls, 2019
Text: Osage Planting Song
I have made a footprint, a sacred one.
I have made a footprint, through it the blades push upward.
I have made a footprint, through it the blades radiate.
I have made a footprint, over it blades float in the wind…
Notes
This poem is a translation by Francis La Flesche of the women’s initiation rite in the Osage tribe. The women were responsible for planting, cultivating and harvesting corn.
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