Oshta is the Chickasaw word for the number four and became the title of this work in the spirit of Irina’s project, Four Strings Across the World.

The work is closely based upon a Choctaw church hymn that was composed in the 1800’s. One unique artistic development that grew out of European contact is the modern American Indian church hymn. As missionaries fanned out across Indian Country they became the first to document our Native languages and create translations of The Bible and other Christian texts, including church hymns. This almost immediately lead to a new series of hybrid music, composed by tribal citizens. For Southeast Indians (Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek and Seminole) this hybrid style of music is now 300 years old and contains a vast repertoire. The music is unmistakably Native and added a third type of traditional music alongside stomp dancing music and our old folk songs.

Oshta presents the Choctaw Hymn 35 as the centerpiece and is embedded within my abstractions of the melody and my feelings of the ancient time in which it was originally composed.

Oshta

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Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha' Tate (Chickasaw) is a dedicated American Indian classical composer and pianist who expresses his native culture in symphonic music, ballet and opera. All of his compositions have been commissioned by major North American orchestras, ensembles and organizations and his works are performed throughout the world.

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