Day and Night Cannot Dwell Together

For Solo cello
Year
2018
Duration
4'
Category
Solo Cello
Commission
Bernie Tamosaitis
Premiere
November, 14th 2022
Live Premiere, Westchester Musicians Guild, Mamaroneck, NY, Nov 14th, 2022. Recorded premiere: Matthew Goeke, NY, NY. December, 2022.
Bernie Tamosaitis, live. Matthew Goeke, recorded
Publisher
Ocean Sound
Score Format
11 x 8.5 Landscape
Number of Pages
2
Movements
  • for Cello
  • Program Notes

    DAY AND NIGHT CANNOT DWELL TOGETHER are words attributed to the Suquamish and Duwamish leader Chief Seattle, who believed in ecological responsibility and respect for Native Americans’ land rights. The words mean just as day and night cannot exist together, the white man and Native American people cannot be together. However, Chief Seattle did forge friendship with a white settler David Swinson ‘Doc’ Maynard “one of Seattle’s primary founders and, compared to other white settlers, a relative advocate of Native American rights. Maynard’s friendship with Chief Seattle was important in the formation of the city of Seattle, and it was Maynard who proposed the city be named for this important chief.” * *Wikipedia

    The words Day and Night Cannot Dwell Together are part of a speech given during the signing of the Point Elliot Treaty of 1885, which guaranteed fishing rights and reservations for certain tribes, including the Suquamish Port Madison. Reservations were not designated for the Duwamish and some other Native American peoples.

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