Cadman, Charles Wakefield
Related Category: Music: History, Composers, and Performers: Biographies
1881–1946, American composer, b. Johnstown, Pa. Although he is known to the public principally for two songs—
From the Land of the Sky-blue Water, based on Native American themes, and
At Dawning—he composed operas, such as
Shanewis (1918),
The Sunset Trail (1922), and, the most successful of these,
A Witch of Salem (1926). He also wrote orchestral and piano music.
