Charles Wakefield Cadman Archive

Directors set aside September 4, 1935, to honor Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946), a composer and a Grossmont resident. Cadman is remembered today for his piano music and the songs “The Land of Sky Blue Water” and “Love Like the Dawn Comes Stealing.” Tsianini Blackstone at Indian Village, Royal A. Brown at the Organ Amphitheater, the Exposition Chorus and an instrumental quartet in the House of Hospitality, and the San Diego Symphony in the Ford Bowl all devoted their programs to a full day of Cadman’s music, detailed on pages 42-45 of the Scrapbook.