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The Rakes of Mallow

Elliott Hile. The Rakes of Mallow. Leroy Anderson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= sMaD8tRzy_s Fighting Irish: Rakes of Mallow. Description:.

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The Rakes of Mallow

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  1. Elliott Hile The Rakes of Mallow Leroy Anderson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMaD8tRzy_s Fighting Irish: Rakes of Mallow

  2. Description: The Rakes of Mallow is the third movement from Leroy Anderson’s Irish Suite. According to Anderson, the movement depicts the “carousing and rioting of the young bloods of the Mallow” (Arnold, 2012). What is a Rake?!?

  3. Background Information • Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was an American composer, most widely known for his lighter works for band and orchestra. Two of his most popular works are Sleigh Ride and the Irish Suite (Anderson, 2001). • He arranged four of the movements, including The Rakes of Mallow,for band (Anderson, 1953). • Commissioned in 1947 by the Eire Society of Boston, Arthur Fiedler and Boston Pops orchestra premiered it that year (Anderson, 1953).

  4. Three General Goals 1.) Skill Improvement 2.) Knowledge Expansion 3.) Developing Affective/Aesthetic Experience

  5. Overview of Concepts(*To be discussed in lessons*) Affective: Aesthetic Value in Music Composer – Performer – Audience Knowledge: Program Music Theme and Variations Texture Changes Tempi and Rhythm Skill: Modulations - Scales Polyrhythms Melody – Singing

  6. What makes this piece so good?What is the “heart” of the Music? TO ME: IT’S FUNNY! Feeling = Result of Anderson’s depiction the “rakes” through the many dramatic tempo changes, key changes, and dynamics of the piece. Aesthetic Value in Music: How do you feel and what do you imagine? WHY?

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwHEqx_3BYE Program Music • What is program music? • Ex: Anderson: Sleigh Ride • How is this piece programmatic? • Paint the picture! Triangle of Relationships in Music Composer Performer Audience

  8. Theme and Variations A SINGING THE MELODY B Have a listen!

  9. Modulations – SCALES! What is a modulation? Moving from one key to another 2:06-2:40

  10. Polyrhythms Let’s define it! Hemiola: 2 v 3 3:00-3:08 The Solution R R L R R R L R R R L R R R L R L L L L

  11. Style and Textural Changes How do the style changes occur? • Interpretation of Articulations Staccato and Accent How do the textural changes occur? • Monophonic v. Homophonic v. Polyphonic - we will define these later! • Importance of Melody and Countermelody Example Textural and Emotional Change: Strange Happy, Comical, Tuneful, Light 0:00-0:15

  12. Tempi and Rhythm Quarter Note = 136 Quarter Note = 176+ -Upper Woodwinds: fast articulated passages -Lower Woodwinds: fast slurred passages -Brass: Note Lengths, “Oom – PahTrain” Upper WW TechnicalPassage: 0:47-1:05

  13. Works Cited Anderson, L. (1953). The Rakes of Mallow. EMI Mills Music. Arnold, J. (2012, December 3). Concert band program. Retrieved from http:// www.csulb.edu/depts/music/archive/media/ fall_2012/12_03/program.pdf

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