September 30 - And Again!


SAN FRANCISCO COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS
MUSIC OF AIR, EARTH, FIRE, AND WATER

8pm, Saturday, October 4                
Old First Presbyterian Church
1751 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA

                                  
Mark Alburger - Abducted by Aliens
Michael Kimbell - Front Line
Loren Jones - Raven and Panther
Lisa Scola Prosek - Interludes from "The Lariat"
Stardust - Railway Sonata

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By morning, design the SFCCO's Fall 2014 poster,


and


head


off


towards


the wonders of


Diablo Valley College, rendezvousing with the Theoreticians for the W.A. Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545: I for Dictation, Keybard-Solfege, and Board Harmony. 


Mid-day


out-and-about,


grading


papers,


returning


for


the


evening class, proceeding through matters Baroque towards the Classical and Early Romantic, as below:



C Melodic Minor Scale (Key Signature of Three Flats Bb - Eb - Ab)

Ascending - C D Eb F G A-Natural B-Natural C

Descending - C Bb Ab G F Eb D C


Four Movements of a Typical Symphony, and their Letter Designations

Sonata Allegro A (Exposition) B (Development) A' (Recapitulation)
                         ab                                                  a'b'

Theme and Variations A A' A'' --- (etc.)

Minuet and Trio A                            B                              A
                           a(repeat) b(repeat) c(repeat) d(repeat)   a b

Rondo  ABACA  (ABACABA)



Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827)  
Stylistic Periods and Characterizations


Early - Classical

Middle - Typical

Late - Romantic

Listening
[8732] F.J. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II
[8756] W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III
[8770] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1: I
[8803] Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
[8807] Felix Mendelssohn - Oveture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet

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Compose page 3 of Portraits of ... (Some Multiple of 3) Women: XXI. Who Is She?, upon return, making this the 199th day of summer, high an identity at 82 (142nd this year at 80+).