David Yeagley

A work commissioned by the Oklahoma State Historical Society, “Daughter of Dawn” is an 80-minute symphonic score written as the sound track to a 1920 silent movie, “Daughter of Dawn.”  It was commissioned in December, 2007.   It is score for full orchestra, and comprises non-repetitive music to match the story on screen.   Dr. Yeagley is the first American Indian classical composer to be commissioned for a full-length movie score.

The movie is the first American Indian drama, and feature all Indian actors, Comanche and Kiowa.  It is based on legends and love stories, and protrays, among other scenes, a buffalo hunt.  It was filmed in the Witchita Mountains of southwestern Oklahoma.  

Printed score, 8 x 11 horizontal,  437 pp.    $400.00     (with parts, $500.00)

Hand score, 11 x 17, 167 pp.   $300.00    (with printed parts, $400.00)  

Bad Eagle Foundation

P.O.Box 75017

Oklahoma City, OK  73147

badeaglefoundation@yahoo.com

Ya Kee Nit (Crying) is a symphonic work, the second in a series of three, which memorialize the Comanche mother of the composer.  It is for scored for full orchestra, with some solo work for the trumpet and English horn.  It was complete in May, 2007.   (The first of the three works is Wessi vah-peh, for orchestra and American Indian flute.  The third and final work of the series has not yet been written.  The composer’s mother, Norma Portillo Yeagley, passed April 9, 2005.) 

Ya Kee Nit

Score:  42 pages, 12.30 minutes

Score and Parts:  $200.00

Contact:  BadEagleFoundation@yahoo.com

Bad Eagle Foundation

P.O.Box 75017

Oklahoma City, OK  73147