Finish
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1492-1504 / J.M. Cohen, Penguin, 1969) and begin
Cristobal Colon, Op. 228 (2014),
mindful of
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) / Don White (1935–1995) - Christopher Columbus (1977)
G. Kerker (1857-1923) / I. Caryll (1861-1921) - Little Christopher Columbus (1893)
Alberto Franchetti (1860-1942) - Cristoforo Colombo (1892)
Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) - Christopher Columbus (1949)
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) - Christophe Colomb (1940)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Christophe Colomb (1930)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) - The Voyage (1991)
Burning Spear (b. 1945) - Columbus (1980).
Another warm day -- high 91 -- on the 76th of summer (25th 80+, 7th 90-or-better),
taking a break re above and general catch-up by biking to the
pool in the cool of the
evening for the
second time this season.
Also send out parts to Gustav Holst's King Estmere: Introduction and Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung: Scene Change (both Opus 17's, of curse), looking towards The Opus Project presents Opus 17 (8pm, Saturday, May 31, 2014, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA).
