http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG6yRCRudgI
So they aren't in tune, but this is the best recording I could find on youtube. This song reminds me of an oppressive ruler constantly driving his people to work. (This one also has the best anvil sound). The beginning of the song has no anvil which represents the leadership of Jones. Although it was oppressive, it was not as oppressive as the leadership of the pigs. This is shown when the anvil comes in, I can do nothing but think of communist rule. There is also a transition in the piece that can also be used to represent the transfer of leadership from Jones to the pigs. The one main theme of this piece is that work is constant, whether it be a blacksmith working all day long or 'slaves' or 'free workers' as the pigs would say. The music reflects this as the constant playing of theme goes on throughout the entire piece. The piece is completed with the ideas of animal farm with the final chord. It shows the realization that the animals have when looking in at the meeting between the humans and the pigs. The chord is loud and bright and basically a realization for the animals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG6yRCRudgI
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Fantasia On the Dargason - Gustov Holst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQmkNQmmSE
This song to me is as catchy if not more catchy than what I picture Beasts of England to be. Sorry in advance, this recording is certainly not that great but it is the best one I could find.
The theme of the song is repeated 26 times (count them if you like). Just as the animals have to sing the same song over and over, the members of the band must play the same theme over and over. The song starts with the theme being played exactly the same (or close to exactly the same) over and over at the beginning. This shows how the animals were comfortable at the beginning of Animal Farm with singing a song that they believed in. (This is before the revolution.) The loudest repetition of the theme comes just before the theme is superimposed over Greensleeves. This loudest repetition can symbolize the revolution and the drastic change in the melody can symbolize the calm and comfort after the change in leadership. After Greensleeves, the theme is stated quietly which could represent the growing distrust of the pigs. But then.... the theme is loud again as Snowball allegedly destroys the windmill and the animals unite against a common foe. Once again, the theme is stated softly as distrust grows again for pigs and it eventually grows to uproar as the animals (some of them) begin to realize how the pigs are taking advantage of them. The theme then is restated somewhat normally until the end of the piece which shows how the animals can easily forget the crimes made against them. That's what prosecutors are for, we try criminals and win!
This song to me is as catchy if not more catchy than what I picture Beasts of England to be. Sorry in advance, this recording is certainly not that great but it is the best one I could find.
The theme of the song is repeated 26 times (count them if you like). Just as the animals have to sing the same song over and over, the members of the band must play the same theme over and over. The song starts with the theme being played exactly the same (or close to exactly the same) over and over at the beginning. This shows how the animals were comfortable at the beginning of Animal Farm with singing a song that they believed in. (This is before the revolution.) The loudest repetition of the theme comes just before the theme is superimposed over Greensleeves. This loudest repetition can symbolize the revolution and the drastic change in the melody can symbolize the calm and comfort after the change in leadership. After Greensleeves, the theme is stated quietly which could represent the growing distrust of the pigs. But then.... the theme is loud again as Snowball allegedly destroys the windmill and the animals unite against a common foe. Once again, the theme is stated softly as distrust grows again for pigs and it eventually grows to uproar as the animals (some of them) begin to realize how the pigs are taking advantage of them. The theme then is restated somewhat normally until the end of the piece which shows how the animals can easily forget the crimes made against them. That's what prosecutors are for, we try criminals and win!
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