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  • subcontrabass
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    • Nov 2010
    • 2780

    Leroy Anderson and Muthuswami Dikshitar both made arrangements of "The Rakes of Mallow".

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    • cloughie
      Full Member
      • Dec 2011
      • 22115

      There is a song called Marshmallow Man by Pops Walker

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      • Lat-Literal
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        • Aug 2015
        • 6983

        Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
        Leroy Anderson and Muthuswami Dikshitar both made arrangements of "The Rakes of Mallow".
        They did indeed.

        Well done - and that is the link between Anderson and Dikshitar I wanted.

        Frank Sinatra's song is about a Leroy - Mad, Bad Leroy Brown - and Picture 1 is of footballer Leroy Sane who is currently playing for the Unmentionables. Both were clues to the name Anderson. "The Rakes of Mallow", which is a traditional Irish song and polka, is a part of composer Leroy Anderson's "Irish Suite". Picture 2 is of Thomas Osborne Davis of the Young Ireland movement who published "The Rakes of Mallow" in "The Songs of Ireland". I had mentioned garden implements as a clue to rakes in an earlier post. The song was one of the European songs adapted by the Indian Carnatic music composer Muthuswami Dikshitar in the 18th/19th century, as Vande Meenakshi, a prayer to the goddess Meenakshi in Sanskrit.

        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
        There is a song called Marshmallow Man by Pops Walker
        A good try - but the Bray is musical and the Walker is not.

        Pictures 3 to 5 all refer to this part.
        Last edited by Lat-Literal; 19-10-17, 20:35.

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        • Lat-Literal
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          • Aug 2015
          • 6983

          So far we have:

          1. Scruton and Douglas-Home - Violet, the opera

          2. Bray (a music connection) and Walker (not music)

          Plus Pictures 3-5.

          3. Anderson and Dikshitar - The Rakes of Mallow

          I can see that I am going to have to give this away.

          Your final clue:

          Prince's official music video for 1999Listen to your favorite Prince tracks, all in one place: Spotify: https://Prince.lnk.to/SpotifyTopTracks!1999Apple Musi...
          Last edited by Lat-Literal; 19-10-17, 22:34.

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          • cloughie
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            • Dec 2011
            • 22115

            Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
            So far we have:

            1. Scruton and Douglas-Home - Violet, the opera

            2. Bray (a music connection) and Walker (not music)

            Plus Pictures 3-5.

            3. Anderson and Dikshitar - The Rakes of Mallow

            I can see that I am going to have to give this away.

            Your final clue:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblt2EtFfC4
            Is the M Mallow, Muguet, Mavra...
            Is the Bray linked to the Fat Duck and Mock Turtle Soup?

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            • Lat-Literal
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              • Aug 2015
              • 6983

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              Is the M Mallow, Muguet, Mavra...
              Is the Bray linked to the Fat Duck and Mock Turtle Soup?
              I'm so sorry cloughie but no.

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              • Lat-Literal
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                • Aug 2015
                • 6983

                So when I said final clue obviously I didn't mean final clue.

                Bert Jansch does the traditional song, from his 1982 album "Heartbreak." Albert Lee on electric guitar, Jennifer Warnes on backing vocals.I hold no copyright...


                Charted at #1 in 1920. Lovely song from the 1919 musical "Irene" which starred beautiful Edith Day in the title role. Recorded on February 2, 1920. Released ...


                The official music video of Smokie to „Living Next Door to Alice“. You can listen to all songs of Smokie here: https://lnk.to/Smokie_ProfilesAYSubscribe to t...

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22115

                  Alice Walker the colur purple, not far from Mauve.

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                  • Lat-Literal
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                    • Aug 2015
                    • 6983

                    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                    Alice Walker the colur purple, not far from Mauve.
                    Right - well, now we are here.

                    Could you say something about Bray - and also how all the three bits could suggest mauves?

                    1. Scruton and Douglas-Home - Violet, the opera

                    2. Bray (a music connection) and Walker - The Color Purple

                    3. Anderson and Dikshitar - The Rakes of Mallow

                    The picture clues depicted Sheb Wooley who recorded "The Purple People Eater", a scene from "Alice in Wonderland" and C# which musically often denotes purple (clavier à lumières) although it can also denote cyan. The most recent music clips featured the "purple" Prince, a song that is sometimes known as "Purple Heather" and two songs with Alice in the title.
                    Last edited by Lat-Literal; 20-10-17, 09:16.

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                    • cloughie
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                      • Dec 2011
                      • 22115

                      Originally posted by Lat-Literal View Post
                      Right - well, now we are here.

                      Could you say something about Bray - and also how the three bits could suggest mauves?
                      No nearer to getting Bray but malva is italian for mallow and mauve, bringing in the plant genus for mallow and violets. My final words on this.

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                      • Lat-Literal
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                        • Aug 2015
                        • 6983

                        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                        No nearer to getting Bray but malva is italian for mallow and mauve, bringing in the plant genus for mallow and violets. My final words on this.
                        You have effectively got it, cloughie, so well done and the N question is for you to set.

                        Stephen Bray, together with Brenda Russell and Allee Willis, composed the music/lyrics for "The Color Purple".

                        Mallow (1611) is an alternative, earlier English word for mauve (1859) which in turn is:

                        "a pale purple colour named after the mallow flower (French: mauve). Mauve is also sometimes described as pale violet."

                        In a sense each part of the question contained a composer and a writer - 1. Scruton a composer here although he mainly writes; Douglas-Home the writer; 2. Bray the composer; Walker the writer; 3. Anderson was effectively composer vis a vis "Irish Suite" and Dikshitar while ostensibly also musical was making reference to and rearranging Sanskrit prayer.

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8780

                          One presumes cloughers the Wise Young Owl is too despondent to Ntertain us ..... ????

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                          • cloughie
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                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22115

                            Originally posted by antongould View Post
                            One presumes cloughers the Wise Young Owl is too despondent to Ntertain us ..... ????
                            No just a strange combination of being busy and being lazy but I'll be there dreckly!

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                            • antongould
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8780

                              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                              No just a strange combination of being busy and being lazy but I'll be there dreckly!
                              Will you now ........

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22115

                                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                                Will you now ........
                                N linked by Jazz, Folk and Cecilia.

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