I. Cheat Mountain (from Cheat Trio: Five Appalachian Meditations)

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Published on September 16, 2011 10:17:13 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-aw3VzBhos

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I. Cheat Mountain

From "Cheat Trio: Five Appalachian Meditations" (2010).

Deborah Ferry, violin
Mic Vredenburgh, violoncello
Zackery Wilson, piano

Performed April 6, 2011 -- from UT CLUTCH Concert Series (University of Texas at Austin)

Program notes:

"From (the always trustworthy and reliable source) Wikipedia: ''Cheat River' is variously reported to have been named for (1) a French explorer (or an Indian) named Cheat or Chaet, (2) an abundance of cheat grass along its banks (possibly a misidentification of frost-killed wheat), or (3) deceptively deep sections containing whirlpools that presumably 'cheated' men of their lives by drowning them. None of these theories has good documentary support, but the one referring to deep pools and drowning is probably most often cited. (A relatively recent source states that Cheat Mountain got its name because so many loggers had been cheated of their lives while working on it, an apparent variation of the Cheat River story.)"

Cheat Trio: Five Appalachian Meditations" was commissioned by the Sarasvati Trio of Morgantown, WV.

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