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Classical 101Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha鈥 Tate gets philosophical when he talks about his forebears.鈥淢y ancestors walked 800 miles in mud so that I could live and express what they did in symphonic music,鈥 said Tate, a citizen of Chickasaw Nation. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really quite intense when I think about the history that I鈥檓 attached to.鈥