December 31 - Covering the Situation

Wow!  So much to do, Lord willin', continuing at https://markalburger2022.blogspot.com/

December 12 - Happy 90th!

Happy

Birthday,

Mom!

You just keep getting better and better!

Love,

Mark and Harriet

December 9 - Fare Thee Well!

[Igor Stravinsky, not the least concerned about Exam, Part II... Take-home, due -- as Part I, and any the Review Lecture Notes as relevant (from Week 15) -- 6pm, Friday, December 10, to mus21stc@gmail.com]

It's been a pleasure teaching you all semester, Music Appreciation -- here's wishing the best in all future endeavors!

Write Any Scale (Other than a Major or Minor) and Identify

Write Four Chords (But Not on C) and Identify

Write the Instruments of a Large Orchestra, in Score Order


Again, please describe at least 5 aspects of the below selections -- including

Timbre / Tone-Color (Instruments / Voices)
Form
Style


Listening


Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUSfrgPQjRM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_of_Psalms


Darius Milhaud - La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World): Fugato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqXq0es4wc (@ 5:00)
(Bernstein -- with beard! -- conducting)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Milhaud

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cr%C3%A9ation_du_monde


Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story: Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugWGhItaQA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_(West_Side_Story_song)


John Williams - Star Wars: Main Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTiRrlgbYIM
(Composer conducting!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Star_Wars


Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8AZZYpjIY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)
(the Tennessee Williams source of the libretto)


Fazil Say - Universe Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFvZ5onSX3I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faz%C4%B1l_Say

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_%22Universe%22

December 8 - Surprise!

[Alarming World Music possibilities for Exam, Part II... Take-home, due -- as Part I, and both of the Review Lecture Notes (from Week 15, if you have not turned in already) -- 6pm, Friday, December 10, to mus21stc@gmail.com]... Also hope you can join us for the final Zoom Get-Together 5pm later today, Wednesday, December 8!

Thanks for a great semester!  Happy Holidays and feel free to stay in touch!

Best wishes for life, the universe, and everything!

Mark

Write Any Scale (Other than a Heptatonic [7-Note] Major or Minor) and Identify

Write Four Chords (But Not on C) and Identify

Write the Instrumentation of any Large World-Music Ensemble and Identify

Write the Instrumentation of any Small World-Music Ensemble and Identify

 


Again, please describe aspects of the below 6 selections -- including

Rhythm
Pitch
Dynamics
Timbre / Tone-Color (Instruments / Voices)
Texture
Harmony
Form
Context


Listening


[Music c. 1900-1920]

Indonesia (Bali) - Gamelan Gong Kebyar
(first performance in the style, 1915) (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Indonesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Bali

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan_gong_kebyar


[Music c. 1920-1940]

France (Darius Milhaud, 1892-1974) -
La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World), Op. 81 (1923): Fugato
(Northern Europe, w/ Western Africa and Eastern America influences)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqXq0es4wc (@ 5:00)
(Bernstein -- with beard! -- conducting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpAQ6AWMDA
(With Score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_stream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Milhaud

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cr%C3%A9ation_du_monde


[Music c. 1940-1960]

Argentina (Astor Piazzolla, 1921-1992) -
Tangazo, 1970 (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTLeuYs69WI
(With Score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Argentina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_tango

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla

https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/711/tangazo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandoneon


[Music c. 1960-1980]

Ghana (b. c. 1945) - 
Postal Works Cancelling Stamps at the University (1975) (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXe0F5TRIhA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Ghana

https://parkarts.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/115813357/WorldsOfMusic.pdf
(Pages 67-70)


[Music c. 1980-2000]

California (Mark Alburger, b. 1957) -
Camino Real, Op. 110 (2003): Block 10
(Western America, w/ Western Europe influence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8AZZYpjIY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alburger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)
(the Tennessee Williams source of the libretto)

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


[Music c. 2000-2020]

Turkey (Fazil Say, b. 1970) - Universe Symphony, Op. 43 (2012):
I. Expansion of the Universe (Western Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFvZ5onSX3I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Turkey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faz%C4%B1l_Say

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_%22Universe%22

December 7 - Cameos

[Josquin des Pres, intent on Exam, Part I -- Take home, for Music Appreciation!  Due 6pm, Friday, December 10, as attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com]

Write Any Major Scale -- Except C -- with Solfege

Write Any Minor Scale -- Except A -- with Solfege

List Six Periods of Aesthetic History, before the 20th Century, with Dates

[Including Ancient, 3500 BC (BCE) - AD 400 (CE)]



Listening

For each description, please include information on...

Timbre (Instruments / Voices)
Form (Structure)
Stylistic Period (Historical Era)

+

at least two other aspects of music from any of below...

Rhythm (Note Values, Tempo, Time Signature[s])
Pitch (Mode / Scale, Motive, Phrase, Melody)
Dynamics
Texture
Harmony
Context (Biography, History, Text Setting / Words)


Greece - First Delphic Hymn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnkVaPKlf_U

http://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1197218

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/anonymous-athenian-b-c-168-bc.html


Italy - Trotto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXxaCcVzsEU&feature=youtu.be (@ 15:54)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/composers-of-iialian-dances-b-c-1270.html

https://www.allmusic.com/composition/trotto-dance-for-instrumental-ensemble-mc0002367874
(Despite Blue Gene Tyranny's fine write up - the composition is in G Dorian)


Josquin des Pres - Scaramella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu7-USz4F0k

https://www.allmusic.com/composition/scaramella-va-alla-guerra-song-for-4-parts-mc0002364210

http://imslp.org/wiki/Scaramella_(Josquin_Desprez)


J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kI1Ab6_Xfk
(with notation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concertos

http://imslp.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concerto_No.1_in_F_major,_BWV_1046_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)


Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJH9b9EQtHM (@ 38:34)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.125_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)


Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLuYj2jxoc [23:33 - 29:25]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Brahms)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4,_Op.98_(Brahms,_Johannes)

December 6 - Talking Music

[Drumming up some World Music business for Exam, Part I -- Take home!  Due 6pm, Friday, December 10, as attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com]

Write Any Major Scale -- Except C -- with Solfege

Write Any Minor Scale -- Except A -- with Solfege

List Six Periods of Aesthetic History, before the 20th Century, with Dates

[Including Ancient, c. 3500 BCE - 400 CE]



Listening

For each description, please include information on...

Rhythm
Pitch
Dynamics
Timbre (Instruments / Voices)
Texture
Harmony
Form
Context


[Music c. 3500 BCE - 400 CE]

Greece (Athenaeus [Athenaios Athenaiou], b. c. 158 BCE) -
First Delphic Hymn, c. 128 BCE (Southern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnkVaPKlf_U

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Greece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeus_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphic_Hymns
(Interesting information, differing score)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/anonymous-athenian-b-c-168-bc.html
(Score which basically corresponds to performance --
reposted from Historical Anthology of Music, Harvard)


[Music c. 400-1400]

India (Hindustani music, dating back to c. 1100,
improvised by Ali Akbar Khan, 1922-2009) -
Raga Sind Bhairavi (Southern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVhSNY2Lkc
(intro by Yehudi Menuhin, reverb)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXIWAWbMFNI&list=RDV7NisVEE0oM&index=17
(Better recording of above, w/o intro)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatur_Lal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhu_Bhairavi_(raga)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanpura

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabla


[Music c. 1400-1600]

Russia - Wedding Song "Na Solnechnom Vskhode"
("At Dawn, At the Warming") (Eastern Europe)
https://youtu.be/GgO1-cuO8ls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_traditional_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_wedding_traditions


[Music c. 1600-1750]

Nigeria (Yoruba) - Talking Drum (Western Africa)
https://youtu.be/tcK47jChxjs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Nigeria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_drum


[Music c. 1750-1850]

Austria (Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827) -
Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"), Op. 125 (1824): IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJH9b9EQtHM (@ 38:34)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_music_(style)


[Music c. 1850-1900]

Washington, DC (John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932) -
The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896) (Eastern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsgcwZuQf6E
(reasonably brisk tempo, orchestra)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQWP-TL4gk
(slower, band, with score)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_patriotic_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_(music)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever

December 4 - The Opus Project presents Opus 93

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 93
Transgression Transition Transmissions 

7pm, Saturday, December 4, 2021
Zoom Everywhere!


J.S. Bach (1685-1750)           
     Chromatic Fugue (BWV 903) (1720)

          https://youtu.be/JsLq4LPBOM4

          Katrina Szederkényi, Harp

     English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809 (1720)
          II. Allemande

          https://youtu.be/K8caDS1rNwg

          III.  Courante

           https://youtu.be/gVupDvFDfok

         IV. Sarabande

          https://youtu.be/Bor9NsGgpGE

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

     Fugue in E Minor (anh. 93) (c. 1735)

          https://youtu.be/i591OoZV5G8

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)    
     Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1812)
           II. Allegretto scherzando

           Mark Alburger, reinterpreted as
                Genre Implosions No. 3 ("Time Cyclone"), Op. 167 (2008)
                     (1732) Haydn / Beethoven / Waters Clock

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)       
     Don Gayseros, D. 93 (1814)
          III. An dem jungen Morgen

          https://youtu.be/YvOh7avt4gk

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Appcompanist

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)       
     Etude No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 25 (1836)

           https://youtu.be/hXS8FvB9q54

           Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)       
     Elegy, WWV 93 (1858)

          https://youtu.be/kc_YqBhObs4

           Megan Cullen, Piano

Máximo Marchal (c. 1820-1880)       
     Rappelle toi (Do you remember), Op. 93 (1873)
           Excerpt

          https://youtu.be/q4cv8jcU5ow

           Megan Cullen, Soprano
           Appcompanist

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)       
     Verschiedene Stücke (Different Pieces), Op. 93 (1887)
           Book IX
                X. At the Window

               https://youtu.be/3HLMowPBspE

                Megan Cullen, Piano

René Lenormand (1846-1932)       
     2 Mélodies, Op. 93 (1911)
          I. Le jardin des bambous

          https://youtu.be/nAP9uz7RQbg

               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

Charles Ives (1874-1954)           
     General William Booth Enters Into Heaven (1922)

          Mark Alburger, reinterpreted as
               Peter Peter, Op. 363 (2021)
                    I Peter - All Flesh Is as Grass

Henriette Renié (1875–1956)       
     Contemplation (1898)

          https://youtu.be/kLz-Q8D3vWE

          Katrina Szederkényi, Harp

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)      
     Las musas de Andalucía, Op. 93 (1942)
          I. Clio

          https://youtu.be/tgRu0huA5Po

           Megan Cullen, Piano

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)       
     Concerto for Organ, Timpani, and Strings, in G Minor, FP 93 (1938)
          I. Andante

          Mark Alburger, Sound File Collage, as part of
               The Well-Tempered World, Op. 214 (2013)
                    XVI. In G Minor
                         Antoine Busnois (1430-1492) - L'Homme Arme (The Armed Man, 1460 - Dorian)
                         Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) - Concerto Grosso in G Minor ("Christmas"),
                              Op. 6, No. 8 (1713)
                         Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Dido and Aeneas (1689): Dido's Lament
                         J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
                               Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little") (1707)
                               Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor ("Great") (1720)
                         F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony 83 ("La Poule" - "The Hen") (1785)
                         W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) - Symphony No. 40 (1788)
                         Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Symphony No. 1 ("Winter Dreams") (1868)
                         Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (1878),
                              No. 8 in G Minor (Furiant)
                         Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) - Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 89 (1894): III. Sicilienne
                         Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - String Quartet, Op. 10 (1893)
                         Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Mass in G Minor (1921)
                         Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Piano Concerto No. 2 (1912)
                         Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Organ Concerto (1938)
                         Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905") (1957)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)       
     Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 (1953)
          I. Moderato
          III. Allegretto - Largo - Piu Mosso

           Mark Alburger, reinterpreted as...

               Macbeth, Op. 328 (2019, after William Shakespeare, 1564-1616)
                    Act IV, Scene 1. A cavern.  In the middle, a boiling cauldron.

               Deploration Passacaglias, Op. 43 (1992)
                     XXI. Shostakovich

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-wbeA084jY&list=PL767FA679B03769EE&index=109

Marshall Fine (1956-2014)       
     Bestiary, Op. 93 (1989)
                       
          I. Intrada

          https://youtu.be/FMrC6cD2-dg

          Mark Alburger - Fine [Marshall] Orchestrations, Op. 368 (2021)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)           
     The Creation, Op. 93 (2000)
           I. In the Beginning

           Megan Cullen, Soprano / Alto
           Mark Alburger, Tritone Orchestra

Sheli Nan (b. 1960)           
     The Quadruple Quest (2019)

           https://youtu.be/SFFk1ENX_GU

           Tacoma Bassoon Quartet

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)       
     Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary Celebration Improvisation (2021)

           https://youtu.be/_dRjN25pEvE

      Christmas Medley (2021)

          https://youtu.be/8GLNcBmNUDI

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

December 3 - Fresh Voices XXI

GOAT HALL PRODUCTIONS
San Francisco Cabaret Opera
presents
FRESH VOICES XXI
Seriously?!...
7pm, Friday, December 3, 2021
Zoom Meeting Everywhere!

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
     Candide (1956 /1982, Voltaire, 1694-1778 / Hugh Wheeler, 1912-1987)
          XIX. Words, Words, Words (Martin's Laughing Song)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano
          Mark Alburger - Bernstein Orchestrations, Op. 366 (2021)

David Gossage (b. c. 1963)
     The Song of Wandering Aengus, 1995 (William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939)

          Anna Mizera, Mezzo-Soprano
          Allan Crossman, Piano

Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
      Of Gods and Cats (2000, Gavin Geoffrey Dillard, b. 1954)
          I. In the Beginning
     Natural Selection (1997, Gini Savage)
          II. Animal Passion            

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3G5vYGNf4M

          Meghan Dibble, Mezzo-Soprano

John Bilotta (b. 1948)
     The Song of the Hermit Thrush (2014, Walt Whitman, 1819-1892,
          When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, 1865)

          https://youtu.be/S5zHVY9roNw

          Sarita Cannon, Soprano
          Divisa Ensemble
               Carmen Lemoine, Flute
               Adrienne Malley, Oboe
               Emily Packard, Violin;
               Stephanie Ng, Viola
               Michael Graham, Cello

John Bilotta and Jostein Stalheim (b. 1960)
     Rosetta's Stone (2014, Oded Ben-Horin and John F. McGrew))
          Act II - Cafe Scene (Stalheim and McGrew)

          https://youtu.be/nB9QwscWcxk?t=1498

          Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera
               Cass Panuska, Rosetta
               Wayne Wong, Al
               Jill Wagoner, Cortex
               Sarita Cannon, Thalamus
               Alexis Lane Jensen, Hippocampus
               Kassidy Mayernik, Amygdala
               Jamie Samantha Lee, Cerebellum
               Harriet March Page, Brain Stem and Artistic Director
               Rachel Condry, Clarinet
               Robin Reynolds, Cello
               Feeona Lee Jones, Piano
               Mark Alburger, Music Director and Conductor

 John Beeman (b. 1954
     Ishi (Carla Brooke)
          Act II, Scene 1

          https://youtu.be/SZWFv_9DbXg

          Ellen Leslie, Lily Lena
          Robert Vann, Ishi
          Paul Murray, T.T. Waterman
          Chorus
               Gabrielle Goozée-Nichols
               Nicole Takesono
               Adam Flowers
               John Kendall Bailey
           Keisuke Nakagoshi, Piano

Irving Fine (1914-1962)
     Childhood Fables for Grownups (1958, Gertrude Norman, 1848-1943)
          III. Lenny, the Leopard
          IV.  The Frog and the Snake

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os2qErHfJ0A

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI9aQGUVZQo

          Meghan Dibble, Mezzo-Soprano

Sheli Nan (b. 1961)
     The Last Gesture (2019)

          https://youtu.be/0b12QZ2_p9o

          Amy Foote, Soprano
          Ari Bocian, Cello
           Libby Kardontchik, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     The Decameron, Op. 367 (2021, Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375)
          Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015) - Three George Crumb Tropes
                Novel III.  Pietro Boccamazza runs away with Agnolella, and encounters a gang of robbers
                   (Madrigals, Book II [1962]: III. Cabalito Negro - Little Black Horse)
                Novel VII.  Pietro Teodoro, being enamoured of Violante, daughter of Messer Amerigo,
                    his lord, gets her with child, and is sentenced to the gallows
                    (Black Angels [1970]: I-V, VII, X)
                Novel VIII.  Nastagio degli Onesti, loving a damsel of the Traversari family,
                    by lavish expenditure gains not her love
                    (Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death [1968]: III. Cancion de Jinete - Song of the Rider)

          Mark Alburger, Electronics      

December 2 - With a Keen Sense of Urgency

Music Appreciation!  Second and final Review Lecture-Playlist!  Notes (if not in class) due (as well, as relevant, First Review Lecture notes) 6pm, Friday, December 3.... Exam I-II information (really Quiz/Worksheets 15-16) posted next Tuesday and Thursday... Woo-hoo!

Mark Alburger - Music History Review (2. Stravinsky to Say)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeR7ynHBz7Q&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcexNXSFEVyPhbrRr454ckbu

The 6 videos are...

Mark Alburger - Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: I
https://youtu.be/OeR7ynHBz7Q

Mark Alburger - Darius Milhaud - La Creation du Monde: Fugato
https://youtu.be/gR6LvN7bdKQ

Mark Alburger - Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story: Cool
https://youtu.be/lXNgG7k-IRQ
(N.B. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Overture, Maria, America, Cool Blocked)

Mark Alburger - John Williams - Star Wars: Main Title
https://youtu.be/WjbdtPkI36M

Mark Alburger - Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 10
https://youtu.be/dWKBvO5AUAA

Mark Alburger - Fazil Say - Symphony No. 3 ("Universe")
https://youtu.be/n7IdVTT5kT4

December 1 - Snap to It

World Music!  Second and final Review Lecture-Playlist!  Notes due (as well First Review Lecture notes) 6pm, Friday, December 3.... Exam I-II information (really Quiz/Worksheets 15-16) posted next Monday and Wednesday... Yes!

Mark Alburger - World Music Review (2. Stravinsky to Say)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeR7ynHBz7Q&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcexNXSFEVyPhbrRr454ckbu

As usual, feel free to write on above, or do your own research re topics via Wikipedia / YouTube / etc...

Some particularly relevant links, re the final, include...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Indonesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Argentina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Ghana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_California

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Turkey

Of the 6 videos -- 2, 5, and 6 are most relevant...

Mark Alburger - Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: I
https://youtu.be/OeR7ynHBz7Q

Mark Alburger - Darius Milhaud - La Creation du Monde: Fugato
https://youtu.be/gR6LvN7bdKQ

Mark Alburger - Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story: Cool
https://youtu.be/lXNgG7k-IRQ
(N.B. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Overture, Maria, America, Cool Blocked)

Mark Alburger - John Williams - Star Wars: Main Title
https://youtu.be/WjbdtPkI36M

Mark Alburger - Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 10
https://youtu.be/dWKBvO5AUAA

Mark Alburger - Fazil Say - Symphony No. 3 ("Universe")
https://youtu.be/n7IdVTT5kT4

November 30 - Shrouded in Mystery

Music Appreciation!  First Review Lecture!  If you can't make class on Thursday (we're one session behind re lectures) please send notes (c. 300-500 words), by 6pm, Friday, December 3.  Final Exam I-II (Quiz 15-16 Worksheets, really) will be posted next Monday and Wednesday...

Mark Alburger - Music History Review (1. Athenaeus to Brahms)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxS1Yn91YRI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZce4rt8NqfZtbKPwAvoHfhir

Constituent parts below...

Mark Alburger - Athenaeus (Athenaios Athenaiou) - First Delphic Hymn
https://youtu.be/lxS1Yn91YRI

Mark Alburger - Medieval Italy - Trotto
https://youtu.be/YXxaCcVzsEU

Mark Alburger - Josquin des Pres (de Prez / des Prez / Desprez) - Scaramella
https://youtu.be/OhdFBpJ8U6Y

Mark Alburger - J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
https://youtu.be/D99viW5AgcI

Mark Alburger - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV
https://youtu.be/aCVY14g7DZA

Mark Alburger - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
https://youtu.be/Gm20xgQVKgA

November 29 - Harum-Scarum

World Music!  First Review Lecture!  Notes due on this (c. 300-500 words), as well as Second Review Lecture (posted 2 days from now, and that will be it for the videos!) by 6pm, Friday, December 3.  Final Exam I-II (Quiz 15-16 Worksheets, really) will be posted next Monday and Wednesday...

Mark Alburger - Review (1. Athenaeus to Brahms)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxS1Yn91YRI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZce4rt8NqfZtbKPwAvoHfhir

Again, feel free to write on the lectures, or do your own research topics via Wikipedia and Youtube.

Particularly relevant re first part of World Music final will be...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Greece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Nigeria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_patriotic_music

Constituent parts of playlist below...

Mark Alburger - Athenaeus (Athenaios Athenaiou) - First Delphic Hymn
https://youtu.be/lxS1Yn91YRI

Mark Alburger - Medieval Italy - Trotto
https://youtu.be/YXxaCcVzsEU

Mark Alburger - Josquin des Pres (de Prez / des Prez / Desprez) - Scaramella
https://youtu.be/OhdFBpJ8U6Y

Mark Alburger - J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
https://youtu.be/D99viW5AgcI

Mark Alburger - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV
https://youtu.be/aCVY14g7DZA

Mark Alburger - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
https://youtu.be/Gm20xgQVKgA

November 26 -- Thankful to Be Driving Onward

The circle is complete! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Prehistoric times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week -- as needed -- definitely Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Friday, December 3.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

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Today's Lecture-Playlist (well, actually next Tuesdays!)...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

which is...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

***

Information for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music)

[Michael Cooke, wondering if he will be featured on Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Friday, December 3 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music (make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)

Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary (paragraph of five or more sentences)



Listening


Michael Cooke - Music for Humans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SSWqEOMwY

http://www.michaelkcooke.com/bio.html


Thomas Ades - Totentanz (Death Dance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ySgSayK8
(@4:15 - interview w/ composer re work, previous to this...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Adès

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totentanz_(Adès)


Mason Bates - The B-Sides: V. Warehouse Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ1HhvZPlg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Bates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-Sides_(composition)


Steven Price - Gravity: Debris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJdAAXaMRU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Price_(composer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack


Mehdi Hosseini - The Baluch: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7IvipUYrm8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Hosseini

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baluch


Lady Gaga - Poker Face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(Lady_Gaga_song)

November 24 - Cookin'

Another cornocopia! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Pre c. 3500 B.C.E times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week, including Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Friday, December 3.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

Today's Lecture-Playlist...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

Feel free to research topics on your own as an alternative.
Here are some other links that are of relevance...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_instrument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Iran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_music

The videos a breaking dance of...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

***

Information for Quiz 14 (Music c. 2000-2020)

[Ominous Listenings for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Friday, December 3 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music reflecting the World at present
(make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)

Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary --
re Rhythm, Pitch, Dynamics, Timbre, Texture, Harmony, Form, Context



Listening


England (Brian Eno, b. 1948) - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981):
Qu'ran (Western Europe / Northern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGQX6RmmgY
[N.B. this is a controversial piece -- you may substitute another selection of your choice]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)


Norway (Mari Boine, b. 1956) - Goaskinviellja
(Eagle Brother, 2009, Northern Europe, Sami Shaman Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Boine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Norway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_music


California (Mark Alburger, b. 1957) - Camino Real, Op. 110 (2004):
Block 2 (Western America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6MgReutBE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alburger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


China (Tan Dun, b. 1957) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000):
Farewell (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CELgEyIAw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon_(soundtrack)


Russia (Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, b. 1960) - Mountain Voice
(2015, Northern Asia, Tuvan Throat Singing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeXxK-yC1I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaigal-ool_Khovalyg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_the_Tuva_Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_throat_singing


Ethiopia (Hachalu Hundessa, 1986-2020) - Maalan Jira
(What Existence Is Mine, 2015, Eastern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3he6CGF3E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Ethiopia

November 23 - Searching for the Sonic Light

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1. Sting to Wold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EYjTrJTy8&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccC6iThB-gkhL5lcLBpv_Nb

Music Appreciation -- here's what's going on later today!

Videos being of sound constituants...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1a. Sting to Alburger)
Sting, Oliver Knussen, Michael Daugherty, Michael Gordon, Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/E-EYjTrJTy8
(N.B. Sting Every Breath You Take blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1b. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/_tzqYgSAUlM

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1c. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/y2uyHx1ZErk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1d. Alburger to Zimmer)
Mark Alburger, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer
https://youtu.be/bsLnqyIvKpc

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1e. Zimmer to Prince)
Hans Zimmer, Salvador Brotons, Prince
https://youtu.be/rRubzSkjU2g
(N.B. Hans Zimmer Interstellar and Master Class blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1f. Prince, Wold)
Prince, Erling Wold
https://youtu.be/7LgrbR6bibE

November 22 - Upward

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1. Sting to Wold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EYjTrJTy8&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccC6iThB-gkhL5lcLBpv_Nb

World Music!  Feel free to write about above, or research these and/or other topics on Wikipedia / YouTube!

Here are some other interesting connections...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_on_a_Can

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Composers_Chamber_Orchestra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_music_in_China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_score

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Spain

Videos constituting below...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1a. Sting to Alburger)
Sting, Oliver Knussen, Michael Daugherty, Michael Gordon, Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/E-EYjTrJTy8
(N.B. Sting Every Breath You Take blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1b. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/_tzqYgSAUlM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1c. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/y2uyHx1ZErk

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1d. Alburger to Zimmer)
Mark Alburger, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer
https://youtu.be/bsLnqyIvKpc

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1e. Zimmer to Prince)
Hans Zimmer, Salvador Brotons, Prince
https://youtu.be/rRubzSkjU2g
(N.B. Hans Zimmer Interstellar and Master Class blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1f. Prince, Wold)
Prince, Erling Wold
https://youtu.be/7LgrbR6bibE

November 18 - Flashes, Not Panned

Top of the day to you, Music Appreciation!  Here's the Lecture-Playlist du jour, and, below second picture, Information for Quiz 13 (20th-Cenury Music V) -- Notes (c. 300-500 words) on former (if you can't make class) and filled-in version of latter (emailing pdf blank copy presently) due by 6pm, this Friday, November 19, to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2. Waters to Sting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioCqQh7OSc&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceHSiGdZx77NTYQawaLYT9Q

Videos detailed as...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2a. Waters)
Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/CioCqQh7OSc

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2b. Waters to Marley)
Roger Waters, Michael Nyman, Jimmy Page, Charles Amirkhanian, Bob Marley
https://youtu.be/PrERrST4L9A

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2c. Fripp to Adams)
Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams
https://youtu.be/W_OXmThXv58

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2d. I. Anderson to John)
Ian Anderson, David Bowie, Elton John
https://youtu.be/J189qCE81AY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2e. I. John to Lloyd Webber)
Elton John, Brian Eno, Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://youtu.be/O6KfElCn_e8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2f. Lloyd Webber to Sting)
Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Sting
https://youtu.be/Ziui12B1G9M

***

[Variations on Themes, for Quiz 13, as a worksheet, due 6pm, Friday, November 19, as pdf / jpg attachment, to mus21stc@gmail.com or my school email]


Write a Minimalist Passage (in Bass Clef)

(Any series of notes featuring repetition)



Three C Root-Position 7th Chords (in Bass Clef)

Triads (T) and 7th Intervals in 3 typical 7th Chords

                                           Triad - Major (M) or minor (m)       7th Interval (M7 or m7)

Major 7th Chord   =                         MT                          +                   M7

Dominant 7th Chord   =                    MT                          +                  m7

Minor 7th Chord    =                         mT                            +                 m7



Three Stylistic Periods after the Baroque and before Present - and Dates

 Classical                1750-1825

 Romantic               1825-1900

 20th-Century         1900-2000



Listening 


Sting - Every Breath You Take

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Breath_You_Take


Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dJSGkCrxA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alburger

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


Tan Dun - Ghost Opera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-IoqQIJzME

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun:_Ghost_Opera


Hans Zimmer - Interstellar: Where We're Going

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Zimmer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGoJrE0HqqE


Prince - Darling Nikki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_FqxZLSMk
(video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnm-u4Xq9ag
(coda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_Nikki


Erling Wold - Sub Pontio Pilato: Credo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PCkw3yNZDQ (@ 1:33:04)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Wold

http://www.erlingwold.com/listofworks.html

November 17 - Wall of Sound

A tabula rasa of World Music!  Here's today's Lecture-Playlist, and, below second picture, Information for Quiz 13 (Music c. 1980-2000) -- Notes (c. 300-500 words) on former and filled-in version of latter (emailing pdf blank copy presently) due by 6pm, this Friday, November 19, to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2. Waters to Sting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioCqQh7OSc&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceHSiGdZx77NTYQawaLYT9Q

As usual by now, if you'd rather research the topics via Wikipedia and YouTube, that's fine, too!
Here are some additional relevant links...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_poetry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_opera

Videos detailed as...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2a. Waters)
Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/CioCqQh7OSc

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2b. Waters to Marley)
Roger Waters, Michael Nyman, Jimmy Page, Charles Amirkhanian, Bob Marley
https://youtu.be/PrERrST4L9A

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2c. Fripp to Adams)
Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams
https://youtu.be/W_OXmThXv58

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2d. I. Anderson to John)
Ian Anderson, David Bowie, Elton John
https://youtu.be/J189qCE81AY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2e. I. John to Lloyd Webber)
Elton John, Brian Eno, Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://youtu.be/O6KfElCn_e8

Mark Alburger -  (2f. Lloyd Webber to Sting)
Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Sting
https://youtu.be/Ziui12B1G9M

***

[The Dalai Lama, could Quiz 13 be in view back there in Tibet?  Worksheet, due 6pm, Friday, November 19, as pdf / jpg attachment, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Write a Passage (in Bass Clef) featuring Repetition (repeated rhythmic-pitch patterns) and
Drone (long sustained notes)

Three C Root-Position 7th Chords (in Bass Clef)

Triads (T) and 7th Intervals in 3 typical 7th Chords

                                           Triad - Major (M) or minor (m)       7th Interval (M7 or m7)

Major 7th Chord   =                         MT                          +                   M7

Dominant 7th Chord   =                    MT                          +                  m7

Minor 7th Chord    =                         mT                            +                 m7



Three Stylistic Periods after the Baroque and before Present - and Dates

 Classical                1750-1825

 Romantic               1825-1900

 20th-Century         1900-2000



Listening 


Maryland (Philip Glass, b. 1937) - Kundun, 1997 (Eastern America / Northern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siDCvpB5KiA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundun

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-09-ca-6381-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Tibet


Mali (Ali Farka Toure, b. 1939) - Talking Timbuktu, 1994 (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUloEaR1RM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Farka_Tour%C3%A9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Timbuktu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder


United Kingdom (George Harrison, 1943-2001) -
Within You Without You, 1967 (Western Europe / Southern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsffxGyY4ck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_You_Without_You


Iran (Sima Bina, b. 1944) - Zolfaye Yarom (Persian Folk Songs, 1993):
Sabzeh (Rejuvination / New Life; Mahali Birjandi)  (Western Asia)
https://youtu.be/JBfbPVA3Vuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMbR7rcFiQ
(brief documentary / interview)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Bina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Iran


Jamaica (Bob Marley, 1945-1981) - War, 1976 (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwL3lPBQ5E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(Bob_Marley_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Jamaica


Egypt (Omar Khairat, b. 1948) - Fatma, 1984 (Northern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgZnESpx3s&feature=share

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khairat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Egypt