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...
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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)
