Thursday, October 28, 2021

October 28 - Intense

Well Music Appreciation, here's the next Online Lecture (playlist of 6 linked c. 15-minute original videos on YouTube).  If you can't make class, the typical drill: c. 300-500 words of notes -- handwritten or typed -- as pdf or jpg attachment to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, this Friday, October 29).  Happy pre-Halloween!

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

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 continued lies on the right), 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, October 29, 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, October 27, 2021

October 27 - Bluminating

Onward, in hope, World Music!  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 and/or related subjects, as well as re past Tuesday (c. 300-500 words each) -- handwritten or typed -- as pdf or jpg attachment to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, this Friday, October 29).

Information for Quiz 10 (Music c. 1920-1940) below second picture (Marital Bliss?) -- emailing y'all blank pdf of same, w/ identical due date above.

Also planning on Zoom 10 for all interested parties -- a tenth optional online get-together... 5pm, later today, Wednesday, October 27... sending out Zoom invite via group email approx. 15-30 minutes prior!...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2. Berg to Copland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnPrgWFuhqI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceAgn3oKT-0Z8j18DO8PUBu

Just about all the featured composers have connections to the following topics
of worldwid import (or previously cited ones), so feel free to make connections and
focus on whatever intrigues!

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassicism#Later_Neoclassicism

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

Details of the 6 constituent videos below...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2a. Berg to Prokofiev)
Alban Berg, King Oliver, Ernst Toch, Max Steiner, Jelly Roll Morton, Sergei Prokofiev
https://youtu.be/OnPrgWFuhqI

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2b. Prokofiev to Hindemith)
Sergei Prokofiev, Ferde Grofe, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Paul Hindemith
https://youtu.be/0FV-60cF0VY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2c. Orff to Gershwin)
Carl Orff, Henry Cowell, Adolph Deutsch, George Gershwin
https://youtu.be/6tyXX4djxC0

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2d. Gershwin to Poulenc)
George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Francis Poulenc
https://youtu.be/IXCxbGZ9jn8

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2e. Poulenc to Copland)
Francis Poulenc, George Antheil, Aaron Copland
https://youtu.be/V6-h5ifvYv8

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (2f. Copland)
Aaron Copland
https://youtu.be/uQkyte7Obeg

*** 

[Are we having fun yet?, perhaps its time for Quiz 10 -- Music c. 1920-1940... Take-Home Worksheet, actually... emailing you a blank copy (alternately, you can always make your own hand-written version): due as returned email pdf / jpg attachment by 6pm, Friday, October 29, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Happy Halloween and beyond!

 
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


Russia (Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971) - Les Noces (The Wedding), 1923 (Eastern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNBDJNHeZmo

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

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


Brazil (Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1887-1959) - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 (1930):
V. Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C3elyR43NU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_Villa-Lobos


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

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


Louisiana (Jelly Roll Morton, 1890-1938) - Dead Man Blues
(1926, Northern America /  Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbJSzj27JA
(Original Recording)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoEHUKr7VU
(Wynton Marsalis Performance)

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


http://people.virginia.edu/~skd9r/MUSI212_new/diagrams/dead_man_blues.html

(N.B. re Original Recording)


Indonesia (Bali, Wayan Limbak, 1897-2003) - Ketjak Dance, 1966 (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qJADwogOUw
(Classic recording)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUdEnGvYFk
(Live)

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

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


Egypt (Umm Kulthum, 1898-1975)) - Enta Omri (You Are My Life), 1967 (Northern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGHpBOt5sE

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

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


District of Columbia (Duke Ellington, 1899-1974) - Bunny Hop Mambo, 1954 (Eastern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-53ex_W90A

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


https://www.eclassical.com/the-bunny-hop-mambo.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_(dance)

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


Tuesday, October 26, 2021

October 26 - Illuminating

Ah, Mid-Semester, Music Appreciation!  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

If you can't make class today, 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, October 29, to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Hope to see you soon!  .

Monday, October 25, 2021

October 25 - Everything And

Farewell soon to October, World Music!  And, hello to the next video playlist (6 linked c. 15-minute short original movies) presentation on YouTube...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1. Stravinsky to Berg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Eesd9I2lY&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccIfXPzbcsgLY17VLdXodI2

Feel free to write on part or all of the playlist,
perhaps focussing on aspects connected w/ wirtten links below

Stravinsky and Russian Folk Music
http://www.petruschka-klavierfestival.de/index.asp?level1=5&level2=2&page=0&lang=2&pdt=4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-tone_technique

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

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

Particulars of videos follow...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1a. Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky
https://youtu.be/15Eesd9I2lY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1b. Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky
https://youtu.be/u2gCnEkiXW0

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1c. Stravinsky to Varese)
Igor Stravinsky, Josef Matthias Hauer, Edgar Varese
https://youtu.be/J2s4G3vwYVE
(N.B. Stravinsky - The Flood - Blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1d. Varese / Webern)
Edgar Varese, Anton Webern
https://youtu.be/_CGBiDG9QNY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1e. Webern / Berg)
Anton Webern, Alban Berg
https://youtu.be/6qx0im5yD3Q

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1920-1940 (1f. Berg)
Alban Berg
https://youtu.be/5yDZjKVE4sI

Same deal re lecture notes... 300-500 words, should be at least c. a page... handwritten or typed, emailing attached pdf or jpg of same by 6pm, Friday, Almost Halloween Eve, October 29, to mus21stc@gmail.com.

It's been great hearing and seeing you!  Planning on a tenth Zoom get-together this Wednesday-- 5pm, sending out email invite c. 15-30 minutes prior...

Thursday, October 21, 2021

October 23 - The Opus Project presents Opus 92


THE OPUS PROJECT

presents
OPUS 92
The Road Goes Ever On


7pm, Saturday, October 23, 2021
Zoom Everywhere!


Jean de Castro (ca.1540-ca.1600)       
     Sonnets, chansons à deux parties (1592)      
           VII. Part 1: Je serais un grand sot

          https://youtu.be/bJKVCLVhQ5U

           Edith Kimbell, Tenor Viol
           Michael Kimbell, Bass Viol

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
     English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809
          Prélude

         https://youtu.be/eJZGncbxZ20

         Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)    
     Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (1812)
          I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

          Mark Alburger, reinterpreted as
               The Decameron - Second Day, Op. 203 (2012)
                Novel VII - "The Soldan of Babylon's Daughter,
                by Divers Adventures, Comes into the Hands of Nine Men"

Carl Loewe (1796-1869)           
     Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter, Op. 92 (1844)

          https://youtu.be/tS-iSg33tkk

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)       
     Der Musensohn, Op. 92 (1822)

          https://youtu.be/_lsPKIPXXVQ

            Megan Cullen, Soprano
            Appcompanist

Franz Bendel (1832-1874)           
     Nocturne, Op. 92 (1865)

          https://youtu.be/Rp9XLSJgg0o

César Cui (1835-1918)           
     3 Esquisses mélodiques, Op. 92 (1913)
          I. Moderato

          https://youtu.be/I7_kvvF1zRQ

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Gabriel Fauré (1945-1924)           
     Le don silencieux, Op. 92 (1906)

          https://youtu.be/w65Qi0aXuaY

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Appcompanist

Claude Debussy (1860-1918)
     Préludes, Livre 1 (1910)
          I. Danseuses de Delphes

          https://youtu.be/cNqIEjlOTB0

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
     12 Danzas Españolas
          IX. Mazurka Romántica

          https://youtu.be/ziCilUypHsY

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     Small Gestures, Op. 92 (1940)
          II. Waltzing (en valsant)

          https://youtu.be/ExIXYuDDyqw

          Megan Cullen, piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)   
     Symphony No. 6 in E Minor (1944)
          III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

          Mark Alburger, reinterpreted as
               The Decameron - Seventh Day, Op. 262 (2017)
               Novel VII - "Madonna Beatrice Sends her Husband Egano
               into a Garden Disguised as Herself"

Charles Ives (1874-1954)           
     A Symphony: New England Holidays (1919)
          III. The Fourth of July (1912)

          Mark Alburger, reinterpreted as
               Genre Implosions No. 3 ("Time Cyclone"), Op. 167 (2008)
                    (1874) Ives Columbia

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Concerto in D (1946)
          III. Rondo: Allegro

          Mark Alburger, Orchestration

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)           
     Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977)             
          XII-XV

          https://youtu.be/PKeAti6q6jw
                      
          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Appcompanist

    Trombone Concerto ("Flute Players"), Op. 92 (2000)
         I. Allegro

         Mark Alburger, Electronics

Cyril Plante (b. 1975)           
       2 Epitaphes for Piano, Op. 92
           I. Lento

          https://youtu.be/6Ruihgkjur8

           Megan Cullen, Piano

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)       
         An Improvisation about Ernie (2021)

         https://youtu.be/fnKX_JPo3kA

         Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

October 21 - Setting the Recordings Askew


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

If unable to attend class, 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, October 22...  Oh, and Extra-Credit Concert next day: 7pm Saturday, October 23... Zoom invite sent c. 1-2 hours prior...

Happy Rain-Returning-to-Bay-Area (vastly prefer sunshine, but we need the precip)!

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 could be better?!) -- emailing you all a blank copy -- due as returned email pdf / jpg attachment by 6pm, Friday, October 23, 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)

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

October 20 - Handy Reference


Like magic, World Music!  Today's playlist immediately below, and Information for Quiz 9 apace!...
Music c. 1900-1920 just under the second picture...

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2. Ives to Stravinsky)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZsZjAqSY0M&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcc0fKR06hwkGfIh_GAnsMT_

Selected topics that may be of further interest...

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly


Details of Playlist follows...

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2a. Ives / Schoenberg)
Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg
https://youtu.be/GZsZjAqSY0M

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2b. Schoenberg)
Arnold Schoenberg
https://youtu.be/7FfSDlCBomo

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2c. Ravel / A. Mahler)
Maurice Ravel, Alma Mahler
https://youtu.be/ecIiv7w6w4w

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2d. Respighi / Bartok)
Ottorino Respighi, Bela Bartok
https://youtu.be/_2hoS1zLzfE

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2e. Bartok)
Bela Bartok
https://youtu.be/MzQ_U-cDB1g

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (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, but do spell names of featured composers correctly!) as attached pdfs / jpgs to mus21stc@gmail.com by 6pm, Friday, October 22...

***

Sway to Go with Quiz 9 (Music c. 1900-1920).  Take-Home Worksheet ("Aue Aue!") -- emailing you all a blank copy -- due as returned email pdf / jpg attachment by 6pm, Friday, October 22, 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...


List 3 Mixed Chamber Ensembles in 3 Asian Music Cultures (East / South / West)

Japanese Trio
Shakuhachi (flute), Shamisen (Lute), Koto (Zither)

North Indian Classical Ensemble
Bansuri (Flute), Sarod (Lute), Sitar (Large Lute), Tambura (Drone Lute), Tabla (Drums), Saranji (Violin)

Arabic Music Ensemble
Ney (Flute), Qanun (Plucked Zither), Santur (Hammered Zither), Riq (Tambourine), Darbuka (Drum), Oud (Lute)



Listening


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


Missouri (Scott Joplin) - The Entertainer (Northern America / Western Africa)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aSve-KT0To
(with score!)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entertainer_(rag)


England (Ralph Vaughan Williams) - Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo
(Western Europe / Eastern America)

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

(@ 18:57 - there's even a link to click under the YouTube description,
but also helpful commentary at beginning!)

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

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

(the write-up of the 3rd movement is OK, but commentary above perhaps better!)


France (Maurice Ravel) - Mother Goose: III. Empress of the Pagodas
(Northern Europe / Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U7osEigQZM (@ 5:47)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_m%C3%A8re_l%27Oye


Mexico (Jalisco Mariachi) - The Boar (El Jabali, Western America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EfCmREA7Y

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


Tahiti - Chant (Paoa) and Ukelele (Aue Aue) Music (Eastern Asia / Pacific Islands)

https://youtu.be/8ic7DAN71R4

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

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


Hungary (Bela Bartok) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 (Eastern Europe / Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHwaZV6QcPI
(with score)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k

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

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

October 19 - Time Spans


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

If you can't make class, please take notes as you listen and watch above -- 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, October 22...

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

Monday, October 18, 2021

October 18 - Change of Season

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (1. Debussy to Ives) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZWlfOKrEw&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccA7RekLPlVz5tK8nSS2VB6

Debussy, Sibelius, Joplin, Vaughan Williams, W.C. Handy, Rachmaninoff, Holst, and Ives all have folk / World Music connections - so feel free to focus on them... and/or below links...

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Handy

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

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

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

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (1a. Debussy to Sibelius)
Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius
https://youtu.be/8ZZWlfOKrEw

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (1b. Satie / Joplin)
Erik Satie, Scott Joplin
https://youtu.be/Cbkyod8PGYM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (1c. Joplin to Vaughan Williams)
Scott Joplin, Alexander Scriabin, Ralph Vaughan Williams
https://youtu.be/ItfSqrM4oLU

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (1d. Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
https://youtu.be/1_M4gidK2IY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (1e. Rachmaninoff to Ives)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gustav Holst, Charles Ives
https://youtu.be/Rs2A4Hnr_g8

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1900-1920 (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 composers listed above), to mus21stc@gmail.com by 6pm, Friday, October 22...

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

Thursday, October 14, 2021

October 14 - At Cross Purposes

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 (which could be just the quiz, if you're in class both days),
ideally, by 6pm, Friday, October 15.

Am in process of sending out individual emails re grades of Eras 6-7
(Baroque / Classical / Romantic I)...

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

If you can't make class, please take notes on the 6-linked-videos playlist at top -- writing 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, October 15

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.


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, October 13, 2021

October 13 - Sonic Light Shining in the Darkness

... World Music!  Well, it's all World Music, is it not!?  But, on the other hand, if we're listening / looking for folk musics from around the planet, c. 1875-1900, the Lecture-Playlist...

Music c. 1850-1900 (2. Bizet to Debussy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWdBXjIhaQ&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccnHGriVNpd-NHPFJR0ZDCU

... could be substituted / supplemented by Wikipedia and other links of your choice
(turned into original notes, of course, c. 300-500 words, as usual)... and here are some ideas...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_(composers)
(Beware!  Googling "Russian Five" will result in Hockey Players,
inspired by the older musical locution)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism#In_music
(paradoxically referring at least as much to "Near Eastern" as "Far Eastern" musics)

http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13707/1/575137.pdf
(Musical Chinoiserie - a dissertation!)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot
(re pseudo-Chinese opera by Puccini,
who also wrote a Japanese-inspired Madama Butterfly)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_von_der_Erde
(Mahler's connection to China is more literary than musical)

https://symposium.music.org/index.php/52/item/22-claude-debussys-gamelan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance
(1889 Native American Religious movement)

Music c. 1850-1900  (2a. Bizet to Tchaikovsky)
Georges Bizet, Modest Mussorgsky, Peter Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/zmWdBXjIhaQ

Music c. 1850-1900  (2b. Tchaikovsky)
Peter Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/7-gbYYbt0og

Music c. 1850-1900  (2c. Dvorak to Janacek)
Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Gabriel Faure, John Philip Sousa, Edward Elgar, Leos Janacek
https://youtu.be/-OGzpLxM8Ao

Music c. 1850-1900  (2d. Sousa to Puccini)
John Philip Sousa, Edward Elgar, Leos Janacek, Giacomo Puccini
https://youtu.be/-b-q3AjXaaE

Music c. 1850-1900  (2e. Puccini / Mahler)
Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Mahler
https://youtu.be/1Tw_L_4nTbQ

Music c. 1850-1900  (2f. Mahler / Debussy)
Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy
https://youtu.be/tm456xS2bh8


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Piling on, 'cause we just can't get enough World Music, c. 1850-1900!

Blank copy of Quiz 8 will be group-emailed soon...
please fill out and submit, along w/ 2 sets of weekly Lecture Notes,
by 6pm, Friday, October 15

I am available each academic day via email and telephone (707) 474-7273 -- and Zoom on Wednesdays,
5pm -- sending out group email invitation c. 15-30 minutes prior --
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!]


List 4 World Orchestras and their Instrumental Groupings

Chinese Orchestra
Woodwinds (Dizi Flute, Suona Oboe, Sheng Mouth Organ)
Percussion (Bianzhong Bells, Muyu Wood Blocks, Bo Cymbals, Tanggu Drums, Luo Gongs)
Plucked Strings (Zhongruan Moon Guitar, Pipa Pear Lute, Yangqin Hammered Dulcimer)
Bowed Strings (Erhu Spike Fiddle)

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

Indonesian Orchestra (Gamelan)
Flute (Suling)
Xylophones (Gambang)
Metalophones (Gender)
Drums (Kendang)
Gongs (Bonang)
Spike Fiddle (Rebab)

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

East African Xylophone Orchestra (Timbilia)
High Xylophones (Mbila)
Mid Xylophones (Dibinda)
Low Xylophones (Gulu)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone#African_xylophone


European Orchestra
Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon)
Brass (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
Percussion (Harp, Piano, Mallets, Battery, Timpani)
Strings (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Bass)

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



Listening


Uganda (Children of Wanseko) -
Polly Put the Kettle On; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; and Traditional Song (Eastern Africa)

https://youtu.be/68T5ubBjBdM

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat

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


China - Peking / Beijing Opera (Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVf9ro2MRhM

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


Mexico (Jesus Gonzalez Rubio) - Hat Dance (Jarabe Tapatio, Western America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAcWftwQNQk&list=RD0CRSIjT0sYY&index=25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Rubio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarabe_Tapat%C3%ADo


Oklahoma (Creek)- Gar Dance (Eastern America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_devq6cNVSw (@ 14:36)

https://nwr-site-liner-notes.s3.amazonaws.com/80246.pdf
(scroll down for info re both this selection and the following!)


Wyoming (Arapaho) - Rabbit Dance (Northern America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_devq6cNVSw (@ 11:12)

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


South Africa (Zulu) - Gum Boot Dance (Southern Africa)

https://youtu.be/MMkWhbPGpZA

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

To see Gumboot dancing in action, just do a video search on Google,
and all sorts of interesting videos pop up!


***


Another interesting link sent by a classmate,
which may show up as a prepared listening down the line!...

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

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

October 12 - Blowing in the Woodwinds and Brass


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

Hey Music Appreciation!  Individual parts are...

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

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

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

As usual, if you can't make class, please take original / personal notes on the playlist
(hand-written or typed -- your weekly alternative participation grade!)
and submit by 6pm, Friday, October 15 (the Ides again - gulp!), along with other work o' 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!

Monday, October 11, 2021

October 11 - Otherworldly


Music c. 1850-1900 (1. Schubert to Bizet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6L6JS94UM&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd1GLSXY-oo6AGIXiChiQWI

From this point on, the videos were conceived much more from a Music Appreciation
(focussing on Europe / USA), rather than World Music perspective.

However, since the World becomes a much more interconnected place,
from the mid-19th Century to the present,
many musics inevitably have more cross-cultural connections,
if only at this relatively early point vis a vis folk music interacting w/ "art music" traditions.

So, feel free to listen / watch videos if you like -- and / or explore further some of the
folk musics linked to Wikipedia articles below (in any case, c. 300-500 words of course)...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Individual parts of videos 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
(hand-written or typed -- your weekly participation grade!)
and submit by 6pm, Friday, October 15, 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!

Thursday, October 7, 2021

October 7 - I'll Have a Fifth of What He's Having

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

Music Appreciation!  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


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Franz Joseph Haydn, looking foward to being featured in Quiz 7 (Classical / Romantic I) -  pdf / jpg group emailed you today... please return completed (and any of Lecture Notes if class session is missed), as pdf and/or jpg attached email to mus21stc@gmail.com, by 6pm, Friday, October 8...  Happy Seventh and Onward!


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)

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

October 6 - Olé!


Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (Civilized and Savage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLmw0V8Dkg&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceMONxFCE4Rr5V_AiNOxhgh

Ay caramba, World Music! Another playlist for c. 300-500 words o' notes...
Feel free to emphasize a, b, and f!

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (a. Uncertain Ecstasy)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Flamenco
https://youtu.be/PaLmw0V8Dkg

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (b. Gruber to M. Kengyo)
Franz Xaver Gruber, Lowell Mason, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Mali, Mitsuzaki Kengyo
https://youtu.be/HDzGheYiOOU

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (c. Berlioz)
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Requiem
Roman Carnival Overture, Damnation of Faust
: Hungarian March
https://youtu.be/3ppx345aWxI

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (d. Mendelssohn to Liszt)
Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt
https://youtu.be/rgywOw8fau8

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (e. Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto, Requiem
https://youtu.be/XfdulXVAmeI

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1800-1850 (f. Wagner)
Richard Wagner, Clara Schuman, China, South Africa, Oklahoma, Eliphalet Orem Lyte, Wyoming
https://youtu.be/v48hNQZipZ4



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John Newton, repenting of being featured in World Music Quiz 7 (Music c. 1750-1850) -  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, October 8... also looking forward to weekly Zoom today, 5pm!...


C Melodic Minor Scale


E Flamenco Phrygian Chords


Three Multi-Section Works in 3 Music Traditions (and typical constituent parts), c. 1800


Japanese Danmono - Kando (Introduction), Dan I, II, etc. (each of 104 beats)
Indian Raga Improvisation - Alap (Unmetered), Gat (Metered Melody), Jhala (Fast Conclusion)
European Symphony - Sonata-Allegro (Fast A[ab]BA'[a'b']), Theme and Variations (Slow AA'A" etc),
        Minuet and Trio (Dance aabbccddab), Rondo (Fast ABACA)



Three Eurasian Empires, c. 1800


Russia
China (Qing / Ch'ing / Ching)
Turkey (Ottoman)

Three European Overseas Empires, c. 1800

Great Britain (including South Africa)
Spain (including Western America)
Portugal (including Brazil)



Listening


England / Virginia / Michigan (John Newton) - Amazing Grace (Northern Europe / Eastern America)

https://youtu.be/5ldRzW7FNOY

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bethel_Baptist_Church_(Detroit,_Michigan)


Afghanistan (Kabul) - Afghan Song (Southern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92mTMA3uQLU&feature=emb_logo


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


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


Spain - Flamenco Music (Western Europe)

https://youtu.be/PaLmw0V8Dkg (@ 14:23)

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

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


Mali (Mopti Chorus)- Kondawele (Western Africa)

https://youtu.be/6pUNWntHtsk

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

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


Japan (Mitsuzaki Kengo) - Godan Ginuta (Northern Asia)

https://vimeo.com/83073546

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)

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


South Africa (Afrikaaner / Boer) - Wanderer's Song (Southern Africa)

https://youtu.be/SHZ92_jvp7w

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

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

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