July 16 - Stages


Errands


around,


following paper-grading,


following


the


morning


academic


actvities,


before the evening class,


followed by return to composition of Sex and the Species (page 5), on the 125th day of summer, high 89 (75th 80+).

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Write a Four-Note Passage...

Forewards (Prime)
Backwards (Retrograde)
Upside-Down (Inversion)
Backwards Upside-Down (Retrograde Inversion)


Instrumentation of Three Styles of Jazz (1920-1950)

Dixieland
[1-2] Clarinets
[1-2] Trumpets
Trombone
Banjo
Piano
Tuba / Bass
Drums

Swing
[4-5] Saxophones
[4-5] Trumpets
[4-5] Trombones
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Bebop
Saxophone
Trumpet
Trombone
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums


Listening

[8910] Samuel Barber - Second Essay for Orchestra
[8912] John Cage - Sonata No. 5
[8913] Benjamin Britten - War Requiem: Dies Irae
[8918] Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms: II
[8925] Pierre Boulez - Le Marteau Sans Maitre (The Masterless Hammer)
[8929] George Crumb - Black Angels