Saturday, July 24, 2021

July 24 - The Opus Project presents Opus 90


THE OPUS PROJECT

presents
OPUS 90
Sound at the Beginning of the Funnel
7pm, Saturday, July 24, 2021
Zoom Everywhere!


                
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)    
     Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op 90 (1814)
          I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
              (“With liveliness and with feeling and expression throughout”) - Exposition

          Mark Alburger, Orchestration
   
     
     Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab Major, Op. 110 (1821)
           III. Adagio ma non troppo

          https://youtu.be/y2VVnz9oO24

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)       
     4 Impromptus, Op. 90 (1827)
           II. Eb Major
                      
          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)       
     Symphony No. 4 ("Italian"), Op. 90 (1833)
           I. Allegro vivace

           Mark Alburger, Sound File College, as part of
                The Well-Tempered World, Op. 214 (2013)
                     XIX. A Major
                          W.A. Mozart Violn Concerto No. 5, Clarinet Concerto
                          Beethoven Symphony 7, Schubert "Trout" Quintet
                          Mendelssohn Symphony 4, Chopin Prelude in A
                          Franck Violin Sonata
                          Copland Appalachian Spring
                          Shostakovich Symphony 15

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)       
     6 Poems of N. Lenau and Requiem, Op. 90 (1850)
          III. Kommmen und Scheiden

          https://youtu.be/_wt6WNTsf0E

          Megan Cullen, Soprano    
          Appcompanist

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)       
     Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 (1883)
          I. Allegro con brio

          Mark Alburger, Sound File College, as part of
               The Well-Tempered World, Op. 214 (2013)
                    XI. F Major
                         Vivaldi Four Seasons Autumn
                         J.S. Bach Brandenburg 1, Invention
                         Beethoven Symphony 6, 8
                         Brahms German Requiem, Symphony 3
                         Dvorak - American Quartet
                         Ravel - String Quartet
                         Gershwin - Piano Concerto
                         Shostakovich - Piano Concerto 2

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     6 Songs, Op. 90 (1917)
          I. Norden

          https://youtu.be/Oj2uUbGMXWU

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
                          
          Appcompanist

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
    La retardée, Op. 90 (1937)

          https://youtu.be/Sd7l1Q5aKIk
                        
         Megan Cullen, Piano


Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)       
     Homenaje a Lope de Vega, Op. 90 ()
          I. Cuando tan hermosa os miro

          https://youtu.be/Fp9mmXQBwUM
                        
          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Appcompanist



Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Ebony Concerto (1945)
          II. Andante

          Mark Alburger, re-interpreted as
               Quadruple Concerto, Op. 83 (1999)
                    II. Andante

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
     Novelette in Fourths (1919)

          Lemuel Sumardy, Piano
    
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_RQbl_cfxk

John Cage (1912-1992)           
     4'33" (1952)
           I. 30" [33"]

          Everyone!

George Barboteu (1924-2006)       
     Cinq Pieces Poetiques pour cor en fa (1974)
          I.  Andante cantabile
          II.  Mouvement tres libre
          III. Mouvement tres large
          IV.  Allegro vivo
          V.   Mouvement tres large

                      

          Bob Satterford, Horn

Michael Kimbell (b. 1946)           
     Three Sonnets from the Portuguese, Op. 1 (1965)
          III.  Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHzVM9O5mA

          Alec Jeong, Tenor
          Asako Tsumagari, Piano 
        

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Diocletian, A Pagan Opera, Op. 90 (2000, after Edward Gibbon and Thomas Betterton)
          VI.  Speak, Flame

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEsxMGvuz74&list=PL3FACBB320E94DCA7&index=28
                        
          Maria Mikheyenko / Mark Alburger (Edward Gibbon)
          Alexandra Jerinic (Diocletian)
          Kimberly Anderman (Drusilla)
          Annemarie Ballinger
          Alison Collins
          Kat Cornelius
          Robin Costa
          EL
          Indre Viskontas
          Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera                                
          Harriet March Page, Artistic Director

     Coast Range Summer, Op. 351 (2021)

          Mark Alburger, Electronics

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)       
     Firenze Wonders Improvisation (2021)

          https://youtu.be/HWY0BNMEqPo

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano


Thursday, July 22, 2021

July 22 - High on Music, Life, and the Universe


Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2. Riley to Glass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7enCsoyQU&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcdfQQy7sCQugeVfcxJxj43c

Positively delightful as...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2a. Riley)
Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/4S7enCsoyQU

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2b. Riley to Young)
Terry Riley, Peter Schickele, La Monte Young
https://youtu.be/4w11uIfZ1Ck

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2c. Young to Reich)
La Monte Young, Richard Berry, Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/m5Mo8a_YEZk

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2d. Reich)
Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/_qHOkoTUdgg

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2e. Reich to Glass)
Steve Reich, Billy Roberts, Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/DUz1Q5C_Wg8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2f. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/dXfMf78a488

***


[Terry Riley, serene, at least here, for Quiz 12 (20th-Century Music IV), worksheet due -- along w/ all notes and Quiz 11-- 6pm, Friday, July 23, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Two Classic-Rock Progressions


Three Typical Rock Bands

Piano Band

Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums


Three Types of Jazz After Bebop

Cool
Free
Fusion



Listening


Terry Riley - In C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTn79x-mrI

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecd8UJ-3wGU (practice version of score!)


Steve Reich - Octet (Eight Lines)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Steve+Reich+Octet&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1 (with score!)

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

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


Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi: Vessels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1vu4sVYdA (from the film!)

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

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


John Lennon - A Day in the Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM (video from filming of the orchestral recording!)

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

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


Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: I-V

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_On_You_Crazy_Diamond
N.B. Wikipedia's accounting of I-V differs from the sheet music, below...



     [Parts I-II are shown complete]



     [Parts III-IV are multi-page, the latter beginning with keyboard solo]


     [Part V begins with the entrance of voices]


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

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

July 21 - Light and Sound, Signifying Something


Let the light shine!  Hoping these better days continue!

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1. Boulez to Riley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbpYpf1MnCA&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd-QeUFqiKNG4TUCN6Yz3PJ

Details of above, below...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1a. Boulez, Schuller)
Pierre Boulez, Gunther Schuller
https://youtu.be/JbpYpf1MnCA

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1b. Schuller to Fried)
Gunther Schuller, Chuck Berry, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Gerald Fried
https://youtu.be/_gw60Jr1zcM

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1c. Bock to Crumb)
Jerry Bock, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Crumb
https://youtu.be/gEoX8_aeMeE

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1d. Crumb)
George Crumb
https://youtu.be/AILCs-wxC-M

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1e. Crumb, Goldsmith)
George Crumb, Jerry Goldsmith
https://youtu.be/Uzdnvlldqm4

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1f. Goldsmith to Riley)
Jerry Goldsmith, Edwin London, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Herman, Mauricio Kagel, Lalo Schifren,
Krzysztof Penderecki, Mike Stoller, Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/WaVsX08mT7E

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

July 20 - Wrinkles in Time


Greetings in still uncertain-but-hopeful times!

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2. Hovhaness to Berio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QopGwr80g&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcci9Ll1MgpdChLtcPoTQIvf

The constinuent parts...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2a. Hovhaness to Cage)
Alan Hovhaness, Robert Johnson, Jan Koetsier, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Cage
https://youtu.be/t3QopGwr80g

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2b. Cage)
John Cage
https://youtu.be/MN-QNdc5Ut4

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2c. Cage to Britten)
John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, Benjamin Britten
https://youtu.be/lkSFYugn0Xw

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2d. Britten to Bernstein)
Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutoslawski, Willie Dixon, Carlos Surinach, Alberto Ginastera,
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Bernstein
https://youtu.be/xPlLr--bQl0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2e. Bernstein to Arnold)
Leonard Bernstein, George Rochberg, Bobby Troup, Alexander Courage, Malcolm Arnold
https://youtu.be/2acYaT_6dBM

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2f. Piazzolla to Berio)
Astor Piazzolla, Nelson Riddle, Elmer Bernstein, Neal Hefti, Iannis Xenakis, Gyorgy Ligeti
Paul Desmond, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Leonard Rosenman, Luciano Berio
https://youtu.be/IXtPQAa-PGk

***


[John Cage, in Zen complacency about not being featured on Quiz 11 (20th-Century Music III) -- take-home worksheet, due back as an attached pdf or jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, Friday, July 23... which is, of course, also turn-in time for this last week o' Notes (c. 300-500 words)] and t'other Quiz!


Write your own 4-Note Passage (Prime), followed by its Retrograde (Backwards), 
Inversion (Upside-Down), and Retrograde-Inversion (Backwards Upside-Down)



Example:

Prime: DEAG
Retrograde: GADE (the above backwards)
Inversion: DCGA (start with first note of Prime,
                                    inverting intervals... D to E is a 2nd up, in Prime
                                                               so, D to C is a 2nd down, in Inversion, etc.
Retrograde-Inversion: AGCD (backwards of the Inversion)
     


Instrumentation of Three Styles of Jazz (Oldest to Most Recent - c. 1920 - 1950)

             Dixieland                             Swing                          Bebop
             (New-Orleans Style)            (Big Band)                  (Bop)

[Horns]  [1-2] Clarinet(s)                  [4-5] Saxophones        Saxophone
              [1-2] Trumpet(s)                  [4-5] Trumpets           Trumpet
               Trombone                           [4-5] Trombones         Trombone

Rhythm  Banjo                                  Guitar                          Guitar
               Piano                                   Piano                          Piano
               Bass [Tuba]                         Bass                            Bass
               Drums                                  Drums                        Drums



Listening


Samuel Barber - Second Essay for Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34NThn0cZE8

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Essay_for_Orchestra_(Barber)


Alan Hovhaness - And God Created Great Whales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgESUPnCQ5o

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

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


Benjamin Britten - War Requiem: II. Dies Irae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwBEtfXXsvU (@ 16:30)
(Britten conducts!)

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

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


Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 / 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1axCTkIfP9Q (@ 3:40)

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

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


Pierre Boulez - Le Marteau sans Maitre (The Masterless Hammer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fmr08vTFDs

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

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


George Crumb - Black Angels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etHtCVeU4-I

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Angels_(Crumb)

Monday, July 19, 2021

July 19 - Ka-Blue-y


Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1. Copland to Hovhaness)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcbm9QvOGO0&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccLCMecbIxT385TP9N3Fcb2

Consisting of...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1a. Copland to Partch)
Aaron Copland, Kurt Weill, Louis Armstrong, Jester Hairston, Frederick Loewe, Harry Partch
https://youtu.be/Bcbm9QvOGO0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1b. Partch to Khachaturian)
Harry Partch, Joaquin Rodrigo, Richard Rodgers, Meredith Willson, Aram Khachaturian
https://youtu.be/HPC4-yh8cc4

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1c. Khachaturian to Shostakovich)
Aram Khachaturian, Luigi Dallapiccola, Joe Garland, Dmitri Kabalevsky,
Fats Waller, Josephine Baker, Dmitri Shostakovich
https://youtu.be/ro_WW1w_8RQ

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1d. Shostakovich)
Dmitri Shostakovich
https://youtu.be/DqA4xS0qabo

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1e. Shostakovich to Messiaen)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Cab Calloway, Miklos Rozsa, Olivier Messiaen
https://youtu.be/W2uYhA7Yv2s
(N.B. Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 blocked!)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (1f. Messiaen to Hovhaness)
Olivier Messiaen, Samuel Barber, T-Bone Walker, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Hovhaness
https://youtu.be/OU15yhAxNEs

Well, we're getting close!  Your perceptive personal notes (c. 300 - 500 words) by 6pm, Friday, July 23 (Amazing the last week of the semester -- boo and whoo hoo!), as attached pdf or jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Thursday, July 15, 2021

July 15 - Red State

Here's the next Online Lecture (playlist of 6 linked c. 15-minute original videos on YouTube).  Looking forward to your notes on this one, as well as all of week (c. 300-500 words each) -- handwritten or typed -- as pdf or jpg attachment to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, this Friday, July 16).  Many Happy Returns!

Information for Quiz 10 (20th-Century Music II) below second picture -- emailing y'all blank pdf of same, w/ identical due date above.

And, by the way, evidently Insite did not deliver all of last group emails this past Tuesday morning. 
If you did not hear from me re Quiz 9, feel free to request another copy.
Standard email is probably more reliable, so, if you'd like to send me an alternative address, that would be great!

Also planning on Zoom 10 for all interested parties -- a tenth optional online get-together...
Today at 11:30am!
... sending out Zoom invite via group email approx. 30 minutes previous!...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2. Berg to Copland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnPrgWFuhqI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceAgn3oKT-0Z8j18DO8PUBu

Details of the 6 constituent parts below...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2a. Berg to Prokofiev)
Alban Berg, King Oliver, Ernst Toch, Max Steiner, Jelly Roll Morton, Sergei Prokofiev
https://youtu.be/OnPrgWFuhqI

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2b. Prokofiev to Hindemith)
Sergei Prokofiev, Ferde Grofe, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Paul Hindemith
https://youtu.be/0FV-60cF0VY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2c. Orff to Gershwin)
Carl Orff, Henry Cowell, Adolph Deutsch, George Gershwin
https://youtu.be/6tyXX4djxC0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2d. Gershwin to Poulenc)
George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Francis Poulenc
https://youtu.be/IXCxbGZ9jn8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2e. Poulenc to Copland)
Francis Poulenc, George Antheil, Aaron Copland
https://youtu.be/V6-h5ifvYv8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (2f. Copland)
Aaron Copland
https://youtu.be/uQkyte7Obeg

***


[Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, concerned about authoritarianism (as we still are, given recent publications), but not Quiz 10 -- 20th-Century Music II... Take-Home Worksheet, actually... emailing you all a blank copy (alternately, you can always make your own hand-written version): due as returned email pdf / jpg attachment by 6pm, Friday, July 16, to mus21stc@gmail.com]

 
C (Lydian) Blues Scale / Four C Chords



Chord Pattern in a Typical 12-Bar Blues


Chord           I
Measure       1    2    3    4

                     IV        I
                     5    6    7   8

                     V   IV   I
                     9   10   11   12



Listening


Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

https://www.teachertube.com/video/peter-and-the-wolf-245162
(N.B. this is the Walt Disney version - not quite Prokofiev's original!)

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

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


George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2_yRwPPIEc

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

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

http://imslp.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue_(Gershwin,_George)


Francis Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V87wGyfUQiQ

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Two_Pianos_and_Orchestra_(Poulenc)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Concerto_for_2_Pianos,_FP_61_(Poulenc,_Francis)


Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVahuS9hk_s

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

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


Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTqsU7tQW48

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

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


Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila Symphonie: IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PjyCpRKDrk (@20:36)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turangal%C3%AEla-Symphonie

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

July 14 - Illuminating

Ah, Mid-Summer!  Hope you are having a great one!  And, ah, yes, for the next video playlist (6 linked c. 15-minute short original movies) presentation on YouTube...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1. Stravinsky to Berg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Eesd9I2lY&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccIfXPzbcsgLY17VLdXodI2

Particulars as follows...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1a. Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky
https://youtu.be/15Eesd9I2lY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1b. Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky
https://youtu.be/u2gCnEkiXW0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1c. Stravinsky to Varese)
Igor Stravinsky, Josef Matthias Hauer, Edgar Varese
https://youtu.be/J2s4G3vwYVE
(N.B. Stravinsky - The Flood - Blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1d. Varese / Webern)
Edgar Varese, Anton Webern
https://youtu.be/_CGBiDG9QNY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1e. Webern / Berg)
Anton Webern, Alban Berg
https://youtu.be/6qx0im5yD3Q

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music II (1f. Berg)
Alban Berg
https://youtu.be/5yDZjKVE4sI

Same deal re lecture notes... 300-500 words, should be at least c. a page, feel free to just listen and watch while jotting down your thoughts... handwritten or typed, emailing attached pdf or jpg of same by 6pm, Friday, July 16, to mus21stc@gmail.com.

It's been great hearing and seeing you!  Planning on a tenth offical Zoom get-together tomorrow-- 11:30am, sending out email invite c. 30 minutes prior...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

July 13 - Pointilism


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 by 6pm, Friday, July 16...

Happy Mid-July!  Hope to see you on Zoom today, 11:30am, Tuesday July 13.

Hard to believe that Era 10, 20th-Century II, is almost here!

***


[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, July 16, 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)

Monday, July 12, 2021

July 12 - Reaching for the Sonic Sky


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, July 16...

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

Thursday, July 8, 2021

July 8 - Win Do's

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, July 9.

As for today, planning on 8th optional Zoom get-together -- 11:30am, Thursday, July 8 -- will send group email c. 30 minutes prior...

Am in process of sending out individual emails re grades of Eras 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 work o' week as jpg or pdf attachments to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Wishing you fortitude and joy, safety and sanity, as California continues to proceed past pandemic...

***



Camille Saint-Saens tries to ward off Coronavirus Delta Variant 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, July 9

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 Tuesdays / Thursdays, 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)

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

July 7 - Music Fan


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, July 9, 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!

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

July 6 - Beyond the Fifth

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/ 4 sets of Lecture Notes and Quiz 8, as pdf and/or jpg attached email to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, Friday, July 9...  Happy Sixth and Onward!

Also looking forward to Zoom 7 today, 11:30am, Tuesday, July 6!...

C Melodic Minor Scale


Four Typical Forms in a Symphony - and their letter designations

Sonata Allegro - A (Exposition)    B (Development )   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)

Monday, July 5, 2021

July 5 - Analogs Digitized


Happy Fifth, and, with this Week 4, you've reach the Half-Way Mark, so to speak, through the Summer Semester!!

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

Thursday, July 1, 2021

July 1 - Con Fuoco

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

***

[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 very soon; due completed, w/ Baroque 1-2 Notes as same formats attached as standard email (and all analogous Renaissance material) to mus21stc@gmail.com by 6pm, Friday, July 2... Zoom Optional-but-Encouraged Meeting 6 -- 11:30am today, Thursday, July 1!

... sending out email invites c. 30 minutes prior!

(Oh, and happy pre-Fourth-o-July!)


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)