March 24 - Recruitment

Ta-da!  Today's playlist immediately below, and Information for Quiz 9 (my how we are moving along!... 20th-Century Music I) just under the second picture...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2. Ives to Stravinsky)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZsZjAqSY0M&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcc0fKR06hwkGfIh_GAnsMT_

Details...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2a. Ives / Schoenberg)
Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg
https://youtu.be/GZsZjAqSY0M

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2b. Schoenberg)
Arnold Schoenberg
https://youtu.be/7FfSDlCBomo

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2c. Ravel / A. Mahler)
Maurice Ravel, Alma Mahler
https://youtu.be/ecIiv7w6w4w

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2d. Respighi / Bartok)
Ottorino Respighi, Bela Bartok
https://youtu.be/_2hoS1zLzfE

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2e. Bartok)
Bela Bartok
https://youtu.be/MzQ_U-cDB1g

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (2f. Bartok to Stravinsky)
Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, Igor Stravinsky
https://youtu.be/08LXoSTfgIY

Please take notes as you listen and watch -- and send same (c. 300-500 words, doesn't need to be fancy, any spellings / grammar OK, would be great if you write at least a little on all composers above, and do spell them correctly!) as attached pdfs / jpgs to mus21stc@gmail.com (or my school email) by 6pm, Friday, March 26...

Happy upcoming Spring Break, incidentally!  Hope to see you on Zoom today, 11am, Wednesday, March 24.

No school,  of course, next week... we'll be starting up again w/ Week 10, 20th-Century II, on April 5!

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[Ralph Vaughan Williams's great-uncle Charles Darwin (in parody above), going ape over the music of Quiz 9 (20th-Century I).  Take-Home Worksheet (what else can there be, at present?!) -- emailing you all a blank copy -- due as returned email pdf / jpg attachment by 6pm, Friday, March 26, to mus21stc@gmail.com...


C Whole-Tone Scale

(Please write your own) 12-Tone Row

Any re-ordering of an ascending (or descending) Chromatic Scale --
i.e. C C# D D# etc. in a new (mixed-up) order...


Two New-Music Ensembles

Pierrot [after Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (The Moonstruck, or Mad Puppet)]

Flute
Clarinet
Piano
Violin
Cello

Histoire [after Igor Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat (The Story of a Soldier)]

Clarinet
Bassoon
Trumpet
Trombone
Percussion
Violin
Bass


Igor Stravinsky's Birth-Death Dates, Three Stylistic Periods - Types of Music Written

1882-1971

Modernist (Post-Impressionist, Primitive, Russian) - Ballets
Neoclassic - Ballets, Concertos, Operas, Symphonies
Serial - Ballets, Memorial Pieces



Listening


Please describe the following -- personally and thoroughly enough so that I know you've listened to each!


Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 4: I [1934]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuUMoqJESU

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

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

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4_in_F_minor_(Vaughan_Williams%2C_Ralph)


Charles Ives - Symphony No. 4: I [1916 / 1924]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xXv55ARtsM

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12j1wdKE4zU


Bela Bartok - Piano Concerto No. 1: I [1926]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMwH3011tTk

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._1_(Bart%C3%B3k)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.1%2C_Sz.83_(Bart%C3%B3k%2C_B%C3%A9la)


Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring: Part I [1913]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP42C-4zL3w

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring_(Stravinsky,_Igor)


Anton Webern - Five Pieces for Orchestra [1913]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reqqQ-kBJQ0

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

https://www.allmusic.com/composition/pieces-5-for-orchestra-op-10-mc0002362388

http://imslp.org/wiki/5_Pieces_for_Orchestra,_Op.10_(Webern,_Anton)


Alban Berg - Wozzeck: Act I, Scene 3 - March and Lullaby [1922]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdinmlIdnYw (@16:15)

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Wozzeck%2C_Op.7_(Berg%2C_Alban)

March 22 - The World Ahead

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1. Debussy to Ives) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZWlfOKrEw&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccA7RekLPlVz5tK8nSS2VB6

Details of the videos below...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1a. Debussy to Sibelius)
Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius
https://youtu.be/8ZZWlfOKrEw

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1b. Satie / Joplin)
Erik Satie, Scott Joplin
https://youtu.be/Cbkyod8PGYM

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1c. Joplin to Vaughan Williams)
Scott Joplin, Alexander Scriabin, Ralph Vaughan Williams
https://youtu.be/ItfSqrM4oLU

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1d. Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
https://youtu.be/1_M4gidK2IY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1e. Rachmaninoff to Ives)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gustav Holst, Charles Ives
https://youtu.be/Rs2A4Hnr_g8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music I (1f. Ives)
Charles Ives
https://youtu.be/JeGePbipeG8

Please take notes as you listen and watch -- and send same (c. 300-500 words re total playlist at top, doesn't need to be fancy, any spellings / grammar OK... but do try to spell correctly and write about all composers listed above), to mus21stc@gmail.com by 6pm, Friday, March 26...

Thanks!  And hope all's well with you and yours!...

March 17 - Shadowy Sonics

Welcome to Romantic II, 2!  Below second shot (picture of a steaming Saint-Saens) is Information for Quiz on much of same.

All of this week's work, ideally, 6pm, Friday, March 19.

As for today, planning on 8th optional Zoom get-together -- 11am, Wednesday, March 17 -- will send group email c. 15-30 minutes previous...

Have just recently sent out individual emails re grades of Week 5-6 (Renaissance / Baroque)...

Romantic II (2. Bizet to Debussy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWdBXjIhaQ&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccnHGriVNpd-NHPFJR0ZDCU

Constituent parts below for your reference...

Romantic II (2a. Bizet to Tchaikovsky)
Georges Bizet, Modest Mussorgsky, Peter Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/zmWdBXjIhaQ

Romantic II (2b. Tchaikovsky)
Peter Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/7-gbYYbt0og

Romantic II (2c. Dvorak to Janacek)
Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Gabriel Faure, John Philip Sousa, Edward Elgar, Leos Janacek
https://youtu.be/-OGzpLxM8Ao

Romantic II (2d. Sousa to Puccini)
John Philip Sousa, Edward Elgar, Leos Janacek, Giacomo Puccini
https://youtu.be/-b-q3AjXaaE

Romantic II (2e. Puccini / Mahler)
Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Mahler
https://youtu.be/1Tw_L_4nTbQ

Romantic II (2f. Mahler / Debussy)
Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy
https://youtu.be/tm456xS2bh8

As you listen to the total 6-linked-videos playlist at top, please take notes -- they can be very rough (no penalties for mispellings / misperceptions, etc., but do try to spell the composers names listed in descriptions correctly) -- and send same along with other notes / quiz o' week as jpg or pdf attachments to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Wishing you fortitude and joy, safety and sanity, as vaccinations continue to proceed!

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Camille Saint-Saens tries to ward off the coronavirus before take-home Quiz re Romantic Music II

Blank copy of same will be group-emailed soon...
please fill out and submit by 6pm, Friday, March 19

Please describe each featured listening personally and thoroughly enough so that it is clear
that you have listened carefully and thoughtfully (maximum grade A+ for excellent work!)

I am available each academic day via email and telephone (707) 474-7273 -- and Zoom on Wednesdays,
as mentioned above, and additionally by individual appointment.


C Chromatic Scale (Up in Sharps - C, C#, etc / Down in Flats C, B, Bb...)

[N.B. we say "C-Sharp" but write the Sharp in front of note in notation - same situation w/ Flats...
No E# B# on way up, no Cb or Fb on way down
--these are cases of two white notes w/o intervening black]


Instruments in a Large Orchestra

Woodwinds
[4] Flutes
[4] Oboes
[4] Clarinets
[4] Bassoons

Brass
[4] Trumpets
[8] Horns
[3] Trombones
[1] Tuba

Percussion
Harp
Piano
Mallets
Battery
Timpani

Strings
[17] Violin I
[15] Violin II
[13] Viola
[11] Cello
[9] Bass



Listening


Georges Bizet - Carmen: Act I - Habanera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEGo_Tkl1c

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Carmen_(Bizet,_Georges)


Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 ("Pathetique"): I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VswsTffasc

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Tchaikovsky)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6,_Op.74_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)


Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme: Act II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8HcgoDLvGc

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/La_Bohème_(Puccini,_Giacomo)


Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1: III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypClfhEwwCw (@ 25.25)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Mahler)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler%2C_Gustav)


Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43rzoDrD4e0

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9lude_%C3%A0_l%27apr%C3%A8s-midi_d%27un_faune

http://imslp.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9lude_%C3%A0_l%27apr%C3%A8s-midi_d%27un_faune_(Debussy%2C_Claude)


Erik Satie - Three Gymnopedies: Gymnopedie No. 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW33wN2EufY

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Gymnopédies_(Satie%2C_Erik)

March 15 - The Ides of Music

Romantic Music II (1. Schubert to Bizet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6L6JS94UM&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd1GLSXY-oo6AGIXiChiQWI

Individual parts are...

Music c. 1850-1900 (1a1. Schubert to Chopin)
Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin
https://youtu.be/GV6L6JS94UM
(N.B. Monty Python Chopin Piano Sonata blocked)

Music c. 1850-1900 (1a2. Chopin to Verdi)
Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Giuseppe Verdi
https://youtu.be/7L2RT3P6AHU
(N.B. Chopin Prelude in E Minor and Verdi La Traviata blocked)

Music c. 1850-1900 (1a3. Verdi / Wagner)
Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner
https://youtu.be/RKVE8lK0FI8
(N.B. Wagner Gotterdammerung blocked)

Music c. 1850-1900 (1b1. Wagner to Borodin)
Richard Wagner, Jacques Offenbach, Anton Bruckner, Bedrich Smetana, Johann Strauss II
Septimus Winner, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Jesus Gonzalez Rubio, Alexander Borodin
https://youtu.be/g-vX0ecZk8M

Music c. 1850-1900 (1b2. Borodin to Saint-Saens)
Alexander Borodin, Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-Saens
https://youtu.be/7u2-9b0zEs0

Music c. 1850-1900 (1b3. Saint-Saens / Bizet)
Camille Saint-Saens, Georges Bizet
https://youtu.be/tAPVSy7nraI

As usual, please take original / personal class notes on the session
(hand-written or typed -- your weekly participation grade!)
and submit by 6pm, Friday, March 19, along with other work o' the week
(in all cases either pdfs or well-focussed jpegs), as email attachments to
mus21stc@gmail.com.

And, no worries, you can submit late and still get an A, as always...

Wishing you happiness and health / courage and strength!

March 13 - The Opus Project presents Opus 87

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 87
Angles and Divots
7pm, Saturday, March 13, 2021
Zoom Everywhere!

               
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)   
     Trio in C Major, Op. 87 (1795)
          II. Adagio

                           

               Kat Walsh, Bassoon Trio

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


          IV. Finale

               Kristen Kline and Kat Walsh, Violins and Viola

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jStBFx5ELus

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)       
     L'île inconnue (The Unknown Island), H. 87 (1841)

                Megan Cullen, Soprano
                Appcomanist

               https://youtu.be/732hLUE1JIw

César Cui (1835-1918)           
     Musical Miniatures, Humorescques, and Letters, Op. 87 (1910)
          I. Miniatures: VIII

                Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano

               https://youtu.be/a7MfCp_U55g

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)       
     2  Songs, Op. 87 (1904)
          II. Le ramier

               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

               https://youtu.be/xIZ89BcWTmU

Gabriel Verdalle (1847-1918)       
     Scherzetto, Op. 87 (1901)

               Katrina Szederkenyi, Harp

               https://youtu.be/VzWkAH-yCd4

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)   
     3 Morceaux, Op. 87 (1911)
          III. Impromptu

               Megan Cullen, Piano

               https://youtu.be/FZD0PrTDn_4

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)       
     6 Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87 (1907)
          IV. Autrefois (In the Old Days)

               https://youtu.be/tcGg4E3IvZo

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)       
     4 Nouvelles sonatines, Op. 87 (1924)
          No. 1
               I. Moderato, sans lenteur

                    Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

                    https://youtu.be/skBa_K-FOt0

               II. Andante moderato

                    https://youtu.be/rjFcjY5rqBg

          No. 2
               II. Andante espressivo

                    https://youtu.be/DxtFazfEmkA

          No. 3
               II. Mouvement de Sicillene

                    Megan Cullen, Piano

                    https://youtu.be/8xpMBXB5YO4

Nicolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950)   
     From Many Years, Op. 87 (1936)
          IX. (1908)
           
               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

               https://youtu.be/DrlX_K6IWgo

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Symphony ("Mathis der Maler") (1934)
           I. Engelkonzert

                Mark Alburger, re-interpreted as
                Alma Maria Schinder Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232 (2018)
                      LVI. 1934 - Elias Canetti / Maid

    J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
          The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (BWV 846-869)
                Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major



               https://youtu.be/mTmL49wAfKI

               https://youtu.be/mmmOeoRIFsQ

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)    
     24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (1951)
          Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major

               Mark Alburger and Megan Cullen, Piano

          Prelude No. 19 in Eb Major

              Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

              https://youtu.be/mzFOtmVY_Dg
                           
    G.F. Handel (1685-1759)       
          Water Music (1717)
                VII. Minuet

John Cage (1912-1992)           
     Water Music (1952)
           Radio at 102.5

                Mark Alburger, Electronics, reinterpreted as
                Genre Implosions No. 3 ("Time Cyclone"), Op. 167 (2008)
                     II. Baroque - (1685) G.F. Handel / Cage Water Music    


    Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
          Water Music, Op. 224 (2014)
               I. If It Behaved

               Mark Alburger, Electronics

 and Voice

Michael Kimbell (b. 1946)       
     Three Sonnets from the Portuguese, Op. 1 (1965)
          I. When Our Two Souls

               Alec Jeong, Tenor
               Asako Tsumagari, Piano           

               https://youtu.be/K6YLfR1MF5k

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Violin Concerto ("Ticklish"), Op. 87 (2000)
          II. Adagio

               Kristen Kline, Violin
               Megan Cullen, Piano


Rob Peters (b. 1969)           
     3 Pieces for Wind Instruments, Op. 87 (1997)
          I. Fugue

               Kat Walsh, Bassoon Trio

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATCWqdl3-o

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)
     Homage to Fumiyo (2021)

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

               https://youtu.be/1f9rkxvT9j8

The Opus Project Performers

Mark Alburger     Music Director
Megan Cullen      Associate Music Director

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger
Alec Jeong

Harp
Katrina Szederkenyi

Piano
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Megan Cullen
Asako Tsumagari

Electronics
Mark Alburger

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh

March 10 - Hairs to the Future

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (Civilized and Savage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLmw0V8Dkg&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceMONxFCE4Rr5V_AiNOxhgh

Finished at last, as...

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (a. Uncertain Ecstasy)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Flamenco
https://youtu.be/PaLmw0V8Dkg

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (b. Gruber to M. Kengyo)
Franz Xaver Gruber, Lowell Mason, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Mali, Mitsuzaki Kengyo
https://youtu.be/HDzGheYiOOU

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (c. Berlioz)
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Requiem
Roman Carnival Overture, Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March
https://youtu.be/3ppx345aWxI

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (d. Mendelssohn to Liszt)
Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt
https://youtu.be/rgywOw8fau8

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (e. Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto, Requiem
https://youtu.be/XfdulXVAmeI

Mark Alburger - Romantic Music I (f. Wagner)
Richard Wagner, Clara Schuman, China, South Africa, Oklahoma, Eliphalet Orem Lyte, Wyoming
https://youtu.be/v48hNQZipZ4


***

Franz Joseph Haydn, looking foward to being featured in Quiz 7 (Classical / Romantic I) -  pdf / jpg group emailed you today... please return completed, along w/ 2 sets of Lecture Notes, as pdf and/or jpg attached email to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, Friday, March 12...  Happy Pandemic Anniversary!

Also looking forward to weekly Zoom today, 11am, Wednesday, March 10!...

C Melodic Minor Scale

Four Typical Forms in a Symphony - and their letter designations

Sonata Allegro - A (Exposition)    B (Developement )   A' (Recapitulation)
                            a b                                                       a' b'

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

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

Rondo - A B A C A   (A B A C A B A)


Beethoven's Birth and Death Dates, and Three Creative Periods - Names and Characterizations

1770-1827

Early  -   Classical (Super Haydn-Mozart)
Middle - Typical (Definitive / Heroic / Quintessential)
Late -      Romantic (Progressive / Weird)



Listening


Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwMXj0Y1_Y

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._94_(Haydn)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.94_in_G_major,_Hob.I:94_(Haydn,_Joseph)


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecQlKc_Vfg (@ 19:14)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No._5_(Mozart)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No.5_in_A_major,_K.219_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus)


Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 5: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWEVKyEwi4A

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Beethoven)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5,_Op.67_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)


Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cao6WyF-61s

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphonie_fantastique,_H_48_(Berlioz,_Hector)


Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Act III - Quartet and Storm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcoq8NOwHX8 (@ 1:26:40)

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

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

https://imslp.org/wiki/Rigoletto_(Verdi,_Giuseppe)


Richard Wagner - Die Walkure (The Valkyrie): Act III - The Ride of the Valkyries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGZOMSmj26g

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre

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

https://imslp.org/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre,_WWV_86B_(Wagner,_Richard)

March 8 - Wigs and Dares

Welcome, approaching the year-anniversary of the Pandemic!!

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (Rousseau to Beethoven)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yakRJXoaMd0&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccvVvIE97cOCydO5Rhn6dae

Still c. 300-500 words notes, please...

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (a. Rousseau to F.J. Haydn)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Christoph Willibald Gluck,
John Newton, Afghanistan, Franz Joseph Haydn
https://youtu.be/yakRJXoaMd0

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (b. F.J. Haydn)
Franz Joseph Haydn
https://youtu.be/bP16T4tsIYM

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (c. F.J. Haydn to W.A. Mozart)
Franz Joseph Haydn, William Billings, Antonio Salieri, John Stafford Smith,
Muzio Clementi, James Johnson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
https://youtu.be/CQtOgzV8x6w

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (d. W.A. Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
https://youtu.be/20Pn7b7wAuI

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (e. W.A. Mozart to Beethoven)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rouget de Lisle, Ludwig van Beethoven
https://youtu.be/dWFGrRgMeFA
(N.B. Blocked in Turkey, due to Amadeus!)

Mark Alburger - Classical Music (f. Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven
https://youtu.be/jmEeM6_8CXE

March 3 - Tone Colors

Mark Alburger- Baroque Music (2. Middle to Late)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H50CojV3hwU&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd8gcQEgTH_3RIrkSK-sZhB

Accomplished six below...

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2a. From Pedagogical to Practical)
Johann Joseph Fux, Alessandro Scarlatti, Johann Christoph Pepusch,
Francois Couperin, Jeremiah Clark
https://youtu.be/H50CojV3hwU

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2b. Vivaldi)
Antonio Vivaldi
https://youtu.be/T6vQddSKs_A

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2c. Telemann to J.S. Bach)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann David Heinichen,
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Sebastian Bach
https://youtu.be/8a8PpAdCa8Y

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2d. J.S. Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Weimar / Kothen)
https://youtu.be/Oc1WuadLGtc

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2e. J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel)
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel
https://youtu.be/y5uAK8y7RNA

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2f. G.F. Handel to Pergolesi)
George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, North Carolina,
Russia, South Africa, Thomas Arne, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
https://youtu.be/EY9fu6S50Oo

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[Jacopo Peri, one of the inventors of opera, hoping (in vain) to be featured in Diablo Valley College Music Appreciation Quiz 6 (Baroque Music) -- pdf / jpg sent out today; due completed, w/ Baroque 1-2 Notes as same formats attached as standard email to mus21stc@gmail.com by 6pm, Friday, March 5... planning on Zoom Optional Meeting 11am today, Wednesday, March 3!

... sending out email invites c. 15 minutes prior!


D, A, E Major / E Minor

Three Genres in Baroque Music, and Their Typical Movements

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

Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
(etc.)

Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast


Birth-Death Years for J.S. Bach, and 
Three Stylistic Periods (Cities of Activity) - Types of Music Written in Each

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal



Listening


Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (I. God Come to My Aid)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GYjNj75MFI
(John Eliot Gardiner Early-Music recording -- with Vocal Score!)

https://youtu.be/HLg1RAXsIos
(@ 15:33, Early-Music performance)

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Vespro_della_Beata_Vergine,_SV_206_(Monteverdi,_Claudio)
(Full Score)


Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul

https://youtu.be/03yDSxKny94
(@ 14:30, with Score!)

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/43mym9/heinrich_schutz_saul_saul_was_verfolgst_du_mich/

http://imslp.org/wiki/Saul%2C_Saul%2C_was_verfolgst_du_mich%3F%2C_SWV_415_(Sch%C3%BCtz%2C_Heinrich)


Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y
(OK version, preceeded by recit. Thy Hand, Belinda [about a minute] with Vocal / Bass Line Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeB4cpRq16M
(Dramatic version)

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas,_Z.626_(Purcell,_Henry)


Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria

https://youtu.be/T6vQddSKs_A
(@ 6:01, with Score!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaOVV4JQHA
(All-women's group, reflecting Vivaldi's employment situation!)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_(Vivaldi)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Gloria_in_D_major,_RV_589_(Vivaldi,_Antonio)


Johann Sebastian Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Kq60w-AXk
(with Score!)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_in_G_minor,_BWV_578


George Frideric Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4LDVrnAQeo
(Keyboard-Vocal Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXmIjpGsGc&p=FA3F0EFACB26D72D&playnext=1&index=2
(Live Early-Music performance)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Messiah,_HWV_56_(Handel,_George_Frideric)
(Full Score - 44. Hallelujah, at bottom of listings)

March 1 - Running Wild

And a big barocco playlist of...

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1. Early to Middle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpzJFuXc5tA&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccv9j_j7UIoMgF1Qc4x72cj

Complete as...

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1a. On the Cusp)
Samuel Voelckel, Jacopo Peri, John Dowland, Hans Leo Hassler, Carlo Gesualdo
https://youtu.be/DpzJFuXc5tA
(N.B. Blocked in Denmark due to John Dowland - Flow My Tears)

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1b. Monteverdi)
Claudio Monteverdi
https://youtu.be/HLg1RAXsIos
(N.B. Blocked in France and other 5 French Nations due to
Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium)

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1c. Transitions)
John Farmer, William Kemp, Michael Praetorius, Okuni, Thomas Weelkes
https://youtu.be/1Qt3Q7Dxb-M

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1d. Ravenscroft to Schein)
Thomas Ravenscroft, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Orlando Gibbons, Heinrich Schutz, Johann Schein
https://youtu.be/03yDSxKny94
(N.B. Blocked in Denmark due to Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul)

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1e. Strozzi to Corelli)
Barbara Strozzi, England, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Dietrich Buxtehude,
Heinrich Biber, Nigeria, Arcangelo Corelli
https://youtu.be/754vD9tZjTw

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (1f. Pachelbel, Purcell)
Johannes Pachelbel, Henry Purcell
https://youtu.be/NWPJoYxdLm0