1. Traditional Iroquois Music compared to: Antonin Leopold Dvorak By: Patricia Bradley

2. The Iroquois Tribe
Also known as: The Iroquois Confederacy, Haudenosaunee, and “People of the Long House”
Territory spans Northeastern Woodlands of America and Canada
Consists of 6 Native American nations
Today about 45,000 Iroquois members live in Canada and about 80,822 in America

4. Iroquois Socials
The Iroquois frequently held social gatherings within their communities
These socials provided a time and place for the community to come together for music and dancing
Always lead by an individual with specific duties called the “house-keeper” or “pusher”

5. Traditional Iroquois Music
Played for religious and entertainment purposes
Music always danced to counter clock-wise
3 main types of dances/songs
Stomp, fish, and side-step shuffle
Instruments used:
Flutes, rattles, drums, and other various percussion instruments
Music sung in antiphony
Characteristics of Iroquois music:
Rhythmic complexity, shifts in meter, call and response, short phrases, shouting, and tones based on the pentatonic scale

6. Iroquois Music and Dancing Video

7. Antonin Leopold Dvorak
Composer of the Romantic Period
Born on September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves, Prague, Czech Republic
Began music education at age 6
Played viola in Bohemian Provisional Theater Orchestra from
Left orchestra to compose in 1871
Married Anna Cermakova in 1873 and had 9 children together
Became the organist for St. Aldabert’s Church in the 1870’s

8. Dvorak continued
Befriended Johann Brahms in 1877 who helped him publish his works
Received honorary degree from Cambridge University in 1891
Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York from
Returned to Bohemia in 1895
succeeded Antonin Bennewitz as Director of the Conservatory in Prague
Died in 1904 due to heart failure
Buried in Vysehrad Cemetery in Prague

10. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor “From the New World”
Also known as “The New World Symphony”
Composed in 1893
Original numbered as his 5th symphony but renumbered
Inspired by his travels in America and the native music he heard there (northeastern tribes such as the Iroquois)
Consists of 4 movements:
Adagio-Allegro Molto
Largo
Scherzo-Molt Vivace-Poco Sostenuto
Allegro Con Fuoco

11. "I have not actually used any of the [Native American] melodies
"I have not actually used any of the [Native American] melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the Indian music, and, using these themes as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, counterpoint, and orchestral color."

12. Comparisons Both the Iroquois music and the New
World Symphony use fairly short musical phrases
Both use a call and response style between voices
Both use drums (or bass voices) to keep a steady beat

13. Music Samples Iroquois Music: Our Mother's Song
New World Symphony: Movement 2: Largo
New World Symphony: Movement 3: Molto vivace

14. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_music
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