Photo: Composer’s ‘Crazy Horse’ Symphony Is Tribute to Lakota Leader

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Crazy Horse Monument

John Harmon’s symphonic work “Crazy Horse: Legendary Hero of the Lakota,” which premiered this month in Great Falls, Montana, helped spotlight its namesake’s uncompleted memorial. (AP Images)

Photo: Composer’s ‘Crazy Horse’ Symphony Is Tribute to Lakota Leader

By:

ICTMN Staff

1/23/15

This week’s featured image is the Crazy Horse memorial in South Dakota because prolific composer John Harmon debuted a four-movement symphony in Great Falls, Montana titled “Crazy Horse: Legendary Hero of the Lakota” in January.

Gordon Johnson, music director of the Great Falls Symphony, has effusive praise for Harmon’s “Crazy Horse.” “The piece is a magnum opus, really,” he told Post-Crescent Media. “It’s huge. It’s huge in scope. It’s a full symphony orchestra. ... And it’s huge in length and its power and emotional content. It’s a big piece. ... It really reflects who [Harmon] is. I’m really excited to reveal it to the audience.”

This image was featured in this week’s Indian Country Today Media Network newsletter.

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