Earthsongs Tres Cantos Nativos dos Indios Krao - Leite - SSA

Author/Composer:

KRAO INDIAN

Instrumentation:

SSA ACCOMP

Model #:

S-168

Three Native Songs

Lyrics: Krao Indian Chants
Composer: Marcos Leite (1953-2002)
Language: Krao
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SSA with percussion accompaniment

Composed in 1982, Tres Cantos Nativos dos Indios Krao is freely based on melodies sung by the Krao tribe - a group of native Brazilian indians who live in the Xingu river area of the Amazon forest of northwestern Brazil. The use of percussion instruments is strongly recommended by the composer; the instruments should emphasize and improvise on the rhythms of the chorus. The meaning of the text is unknown; it was treated by the composer as a group of phonemes.