Sunday, December 15, 2019

Sunday Music: Hoedown



We've introduced Copland, one of the small pantheon of great American composers, before. Today we choose the most famous episode of his from "Rodeo", Episode #4: "Hoedown". Whatever part of Americana wasn't identified in last week's Rhapsody In Blue from Gershwin probably shares no small amount of identity with this piece. If I ever get the time, I have a video to cut to this piece, just to do it, but in the meantime, supply your own mental cinematography, and enjoy symphonic Western music.

4 comments:

  1. An heir to Copeland's vision?:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQTH3a0mjR8

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  2. It has become a theme. One of the most recognizable pieces you could pick.

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  3. and I thought that was Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, duh. George and Ira Gershwin's work is amazing.

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  4. Can you hear the underlying Celtic rhythms? You could set an Irish dance to that beat.

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