Sorab treats us to his expertise as marimbist in Music Theory (on DVC's impressive 5 1/2 octave giant -- C2 to G7 -- the largest type made, larger than the San Francisco Symphony's!),
with performances including a J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 2 transcription, which, in its new incarnation sounds quite contemporary.
The
ever-
scenic
morning
commute
down
flower-
filled
680
before,
and after up to the Arts Division,
for belated paperwork from last week,
then
a
mid-day
return
to grade papers (still behind, but at least starting to catch up),
and
southwestward
once
more
to
rendezvous with the Literature students to finish with works from recent times, beginning the review for the Final (Part I, as below (for May 20):
Write Any Major Scale Other Than C, with Solfege
Write Any Minor Scale Other Than A, with Solfege
Six Periods of Aesthetic History (and Approximate Dates)
Ancient (before A.D. 400)
Medieval (400-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Baroque (1600-1750)
Classical (1750-1825)
Romantic (1825-1900)
Listening
[5999] China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor
[8270] Italy - Trotto
[8450] Josquin - Scaramella
[8785] J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: I
[8870] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7: II
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet
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Out
afterward for the
first Board Meeting of The Opus Project, returning yet again late to edit more of The Decameron - Fourth Day: X (page 4) and Psalm 122 (5). 50th day of summer, by far the highest of the year, at 88, and 10th at 80 or better...
