His best known work, which was immensely popular during his lifetime, is the cantata "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast", a trilogy based upon poems by Longfellow. ... He also wrote other works, such as the songs "African Romances", the "African Suite" for piano, and "Five Choral Ballads", a setting of poems on slavery by Longfellow, which include influences from native African music. The Petite Suite de concert (1910) was another of his famous piano arrangements. ...

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