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Louis W. Ballard (July 8, 1931 – February 9, 2007) was a Native American composer, educator, author, artist, and journalist. ==Life== Ballard, who was of Cherokee, Quapaw, French and Scottish heritage, was born in the Native American community of Devil's Promenade, located near Quapaw, in northeast Oklahoma. His Quapaw name was Honganozhe, meaning "Stands With Eagles." Ballard studied music at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa, where his composition instructor was Bela Rozsa; he later studied privately with Darius Milhaud, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Carlos Surinach, and Felix Labunski. He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1962, and became an instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts, teaching there until 1975. Ballard composed numerous orchestral, choral, and chamber works, many composed on Native American themes or using texts in Native American languages. In addition, he compiled several volumes of Native American songs for classroom use. His best known pieces are "Incident at Wounded Knee" and "Why the Duck Has a Short Tail".〔("Louis W. Ballard: Composer Fuses World With Native Sound" ), by Brenda Norrell, from ''Indian Country Today'', September 2, 2004〕 Ballard died February 9, 2007, at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 75 years old, and had battled cancer for about five years before his death. His music was celebrated with three concerts at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. in 2006, and a memorial concert was held there on November 10, 2007.() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis W. Ballard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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