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...

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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, 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)