of US American composers who used native American material in her own compositions. Others are Charles Wakefield Cadman, Arthur Nevin, and Thurlow Lieurance. She composed about 15 short, original works, many based on native American or African American themes. See also Native American music References External links "Natalie Curtis Burlin" "Frank Mead: 'A New Type of Architecture in the Southwest,' Part II, 1907-1920" for much on the lifelong friendship of Natalie and George Curtis with architect Frank Mead. Find-A-Grave memorial 1875 births 1921 deaths American ethnomusicologists American ethnographers American women anthropologists American women composers American composers American women musicologists Road incident deaths in France 19th-century musicologists