MARK ALBURGER, 2014

July 3 - Over and Beyond...

The

jaunt

down

80 / 680

Diablo Valley College, finishing up matters Baroque and heading towards the Classical and Early Romantic ...

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C Melodic Minor (3 Flats -- Bb, Eb, Ab)
Ascending - C D Eb F G ANatural BNatural C
Descending C Bb Ab G F Eb D C

Idealized Symphony
Sonata-Allegro - A (ab - Exposition) B (Development) A' (a'b' Recapitulation)
Theme and Variations - A A' A'' . . .
Minuet and Trio - A (a repeat, b repeat) B (c repeat, d repeat) A (ab)
Rondo - ABACA

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Early - Classical
Middle - Typical
Late - Romantic

Listening
[8782] G.F. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II
[8756] W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III
[8770] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 5: I
[8803] Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
[8810] Frederic Chopin - Prelude in E Minor
[8813] Richard Wagner - Gotterdammerung: Finale (Twilight of the Gods)

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... followed by one impressive circuitous route homeward

(24,

Cummings Skyway,

780,

680,

Park Road, East 2nd,

Lake Herman),

due to heavy holiday traffic, doing the video subtitles for Abducted by Aliens: V. 1944 Foo Fighters / 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting / Roswell UFO Crash,

over Shakespearean

videos with Harriet,

+ finishing up a re-reading of Ted Connover's Rolling Nowhere -- all on the the 112th day of summer, high again up two degrees to 93 (61st at 80-or-above, 27th at 90+).

July 2 - Intrusions

Well,

well,

well --

another day there-

and-

back,

4th video of Abducted by Aliens (i.e. 1897 Aurora, TX, UFO Incident) given the video subtitle treatment, paper-grading,

and out again

for the

evening class,

looking ahead toward Classic / Romantic I...

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July 1 - Halfway...

Down to Erling's in the

evening for another San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Board meeting, just after the successes of the last show, yet already planning for the next (8pm, Saturday, October 4, Old First Presbyterian Church, SF) --

getting

there

via

another

active

day

down

the

fog-

filigreed

freeway,

free-wheeling

with

the

Music Historians, final raps of the Renaissance and looking beyond to...

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Baroque...

D Major (key signature - two sharps - F#, C#)
D E F# G A B C# D

A Major (key signature - three sharps - F#, C#, G#)
A B C# D E F# G# A

E Major (key signature - four sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#)
E F# G# A B C# D# E

E Minor (key signature - one sharp - F#)
E F# G A B C D E

Three Typical Genres in Baroque Music, and Movements

Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
.
.
.

Opera
Overture
Recitative
Aria (Duet, Trio, Quartet, Quintet...)
Chorus
.
.
.

Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Three Creative Periods (City - Type of Music)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal

Listening

[8567] Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (God in the House)
[8575] Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul
[8650] Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament)
[8678] Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria
[8685] G.F. Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah
[8685] J.S. Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("The Little")

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