Cadman, Charles Wakefield (1881–1946)

US composer. He studied at Pittsburgh and became organist, chorus conductor, and critic there. He explored American Indian music and used it in some of his works. After a visit to Europe in 1910 he became organist in Denver, and later settled in Los Angeles.

Works Opera The Garden of Mystery (1925), The Land of Misty Water (1909–12), The Garden of Death, Shanewis/The Robin Woman (1918), A Witch of Salem (1926), The Willow Tree.

Orchestral Thunder-bird suite (1914), Oriental Rhapsody, Dark Dancers of the Mardi Gras for orchestra; American Suite and To a Vanishing Race for string orchestra.

Chamber string quartet (1917), piano trio; violin and piano sonata, sonata and suite Omar Khayyám for piano.

Vocal cantatas for mixed and male voices; songs.