Leroy Anderson and Muthuswami Dikshitar both made arrangements of "The Rakes of Mallow".
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Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostLeroy Anderson and Muthuswami Dikshitar both made arrangements of "The Rakes of Mallow".
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 PostThere is a song called Marshmallow Man by Pops Walker
Pictures 3 to 5 all refer to this part.Last edited by Lat-Literal; 19-10-17, 20:35.
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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:
Last edited by Lat-Literal; 19-10-17, 22:34.
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Originally posted by Lat-Literal View PostSo 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 Bray linked to the Fat Duck and Mock Turtle Soup?
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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 ...
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostAlice Walker the colur purple, not far from Mauve.
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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Originally posted by Lat-Literal View PostRight - well, now we are here.
Could you say something about Bray - and also how the three bits could suggest mauves?
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostNo 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.
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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