Tuesday, November 30, 2021

November 30 - Shrouded in Mystery

Music Appreciation!  First Review Lecture!  If you can't make class on Thursday (we're one session behind re lectures) please send notes (c. 300-500 words), by 6pm, Friday, December 3.  Final Exam I-II (Quiz 15-16 Worksheets, really) will be posted next Monday and Wednesday...

Mark Alburger - Music History Review (1. Athenaeus to Brahms)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxS1Yn91YRI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZce4rt8NqfZtbKPwAvoHfhir

Constituent parts below...

Mark Alburger - Athenaeus (Athenaios Athenaiou) - First Delphic Hymn
https://youtu.be/lxS1Yn91YRI

Mark Alburger - Medieval Italy - Trotto
https://youtu.be/YXxaCcVzsEU

Mark Alburger - Josquin des Pres (de Prez / des Prez / Desprez) - Scaramella
https://youtu.be/OhdFBpJ8U6Y

Mark Alburger - J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
https://youtu.be/D99viW5AgcI

Mark Alburger - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV
https://youtu.be/aCVY14g7DZA

Mark Alburger - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
https://youtu.be/Gm20xgQVKgA

Monday, November 29, 2021

November 29 - Harum-Scarum


World Music!  First Review Lecture!  Notes due on this (c. 300-500 words), as well as Second Review Lecture (posted 2 days from now, and that will be it for the videos!) by 6pm, Friday, December 3.  Final Exam I-II (Quiz 15-16 Worksheets, really) will be posted next Monday and Wednesday...

Mark Alburger - Review (1. Athenaeus to Brahms)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxS1Yn91YRI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZce4rt8NqfZtbKPwAvoHfhir

Again, feel free to write on the lectures, or do your own research topics via Wikipedia and Youtube.

Particularly relevant re first part of World Music final will be...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Constituent parts of playlist below...

Mark Alburger - Athenaeus (Athenaios Athenaiou) - First Delphic Hymn
https://youtu.be/lxS1Yn91YRI

Mark Alburger - Medieval Italy - Trotto
https://youtu.be/YXxaCcVzsEU

Mark Alburger - Josquin des Pres (de Prez / des Prez / Desprez) - Scaramella
https://youtu.be/OhdFBpJ8U6Y

Mark Alburger - J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
https://youtu.be/D99viW5AgcI

Mark Alburger - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV
https://youtu.be/aCVY14g7DZA

Mark Alburger - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
https://youtu.be/Gm20xgQVKgA

Thursday, November 25, 2021

November 26 -- Thankful to Be Driving Onward


The circle is complete! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Prehistoric times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week -- as needed -- definitely Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Friday, December 3.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

***

Today's Lecture-Playlist (well, actually next Tuesdays!)...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

which is...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

***

Information for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music)


[Michael Cooke, wondering if he will be featured on Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Friday, December 3 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music (make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)


Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary (paragraph of five or more sentences)



Listening


Michael Cooke - Music for Humans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SSWqEOMwY

http://www.michaelkcooke.com/bio.html


Thomas Ades - Totentanz (Death Dance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ySgSayK8
(@4:15 - interview w/ composer re work, previous to this...)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totentanz_(Adès)


Mason Bates - The B-Sides: V. Warehouse Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ1HhvZPlg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-Sides_(composition)


Steven Price - Gravity: Debris

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Price_(composer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack


Mehdi Hosseini - The Baluch: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7IvipUYrm8

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

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


Lady Gaga - Poker Face

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(Lady_Gaga_song)

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

November 24 - Cookin'


Another cornocopia! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Pre c. 3500 B.C.E times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week, including Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Friday, December 3.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

Today's Lecture-Playlist...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

Feel free to research topics on your own as an alternative.
Here are some other links that are of relevance...

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


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

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

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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_music

The videos a breaking dance of...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

***

Information for Quiz 14 (Music c. 2000-2020)


[Ominous Listenings for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Friday, December 3 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music reflecting the World at present
(make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)




Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary --
re Rhythm, Pitch, Dynamics, Timbre, Texture, Harmony, Form, Context



Listening


England (Brian Eno, b. 1948) - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981):
Qu'ran (Western Europe / Northern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGQX6RmmgY
[N.B. this is a controversial piece -- you may substitute another selection of your choice]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)



Norway (Mari Boine, b. 1956) - Goaskinviellja
(Eagle Brother, 2009, Northern Europe, Sami Shaman Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_music


California (Mark Alburger, b. 1957) - Camino Real, Op. 110 (2004):
Block 2 (Western America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6MgReutBE

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


China (Tan Dun, b. 1957) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000):
Farewell (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CELgEyIAw

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon_(soundtrack)


Russia (Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, b. 1960) - Mountain Voice
(2015, Northern Asia, Tuvan Throat Singing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeXxK-yC1I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaigal-ool_Khovalyg

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

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


Ethiopia (Hachalu Hundessa, 1986-2020) - Maalan Jira
(What Existence Is Mine, 2015, Eastern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3he6CGF3E

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

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

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

November 23 - Searching for the Sonic Light


Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1. Sting to Wold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EYjTrJTy8&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccC6iThB-gkhL5lcLBpv_Nb

Music Appreciation -- here's what's going on later today!

Videos being of sound constituants...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1a. Sting to Alburger)
Sting, Oliver Knussen, Michael Daugherty, Michael Gordon, Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/E-EYjTrJTy8
(N.B. Sting Every Breath You Take blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1b. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/_tzqYgSAUlM

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1c. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/y2uyHx1ZErk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1d. Alburger to Zimmer)
Mark Alburger, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer
https://youtu.be/bsLnqyIvKpc

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1e. Zimmer to Prince)
Hans Zimmer, Salvador Brotons, Prince
https://youtu.be/rRubzSkjU2g
(N.B. Hans Zimmer Interstellar and Master Class blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1f. Prince, Wold)
Prince, Erling Wold
https://youtu.be/7LgrbR6bibE

Monday, November 22, 2021

November 22 - Upward


Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1. Sting to Wold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EYjTrJTy8&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccC6iThB-gkhL5lcLBpv_Nb

World Music!  Feel free to write about above, or research these and/or other topics on Wikipedia / YouTube!

Here are some other interesting connections...

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

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

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


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

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

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

Videos constituting below...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1a. Sting to Alburger)
Sting, Oliver Knussen, Michael Daugherty, Michael Gordon, Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/E-EYjTrJTy8
(N.B. Sting Every Breath You Take blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1b. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/_tzqYgSAUlM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1c. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/y2uyHx1ZErk

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1d. Alburger to Zimmer)
Mark Alburger, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer
https://youtu.be/bsLnqyIvKpc

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1e. Zimmer to Prince)
Hans Zimmer, Salvador Brotons, Prince
https://youtu.be/rRubzSkjU2g
(N.B. Hans Zimmer Interstellar and Master Class blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1f. Prince, Wold)
Prince, Erling Wold
https://youtu.be/7LgrbR6bibE

Thursday, November 18, 2021

November 18 - Flashes, Not Panned


Top of the day to you, Music Appreciation!  Here's the Lecture-Playlist du jour, and, below second picture, Information for Quiz 13 (20th-Cenury Music V) -- Notes (c. 300-500 words) on former (if you can't make class) and filled-in version of latter (emailing pdf blank copy presently) due by 6pm, this Friday, November 19, to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2. Waters to Sting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioCqQh7OSc&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceHSiGdZx77NTYQawaLYT9Q

Videos detailed as...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2a. Waters)
Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/CioCqQh7OSc

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2b. Waters to Marley)
Roger Waters, Michael Nyman, Jimmy Page, Charles Amirkhanian, Bob Marley
https://youtu.be/PrERrST4L9A

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2c. Fripp to Adams)
Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams
https://youtu.be/W_OXmThXv58

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2d. I. Anderson to John)
Ian Anderson, David Bowie, Elton John
https://youtu.be/J189qCE81AY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2e. I. John to Lloyd Webber)
Elton John, Brian Eno, Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://youtu.be/O6KfElCn_e8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2f. Lloyd Webber to Sting)
Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Sting
https://youtu.be/Ziui12B1G9M

***


[Variations on Themes, for Quiz 13, as a worksheet, due 6pm, Friday, November 19, as pdf / jpg attachment, to mus21stc@gmail.com or my school email]


Write a Minimalist Passage (in Bass Clef)




(Any series of notes featuring repetition)



Three C Root-Position 7th Chords (in Bass Clef)


Triads (T) and 7th Intervals in 3 typical 7th Chords

                                           Triad - Major (M) or minor (m)       7th Interval (M7 or m7)

Major 7th Chord   =                         MT                          +                   M7

Dominant 7th Chord   =                    MT                          +                  m7

Minor 7th Chord    =                         mT                            +                 m7



Three Stylistic Periods after the Baroque and before Present - and Dates

 Classical                1750-1825

 Romantic               1825-1900

 20th-Century         1900-2000



Listening 


Sting - Every Breath You Take

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(musician)

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


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


Tan Dun - Ghost Opera

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun:_Ghost_Opera


Hans Zimmer - Interstellar: Where We're Going

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGoJrE0HqqE


Prince - Darling Nikki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_FqxZLSMk
(video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnm-u4Xq9ag
(coda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)

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


Erling Wold - Sub Pontio Pilato: Credo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PCkw3yNZDQ (@ 1:33:04)

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

http://www.erlingwold.com/listofworks.html

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

November 17 - Wall of Sound

A tabula rasa of World Music!  Here's today's Lecture-Playlist, and, below second picture, Information for Quiz 13 (Music c. 1980-2000) -- Notes (c. 300-500 words) on former and filled-in version of latter (emailing pdf blank copy presently) due by 6pm, this Friday, November 19, to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2. Waters to Sting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioCqQh7OSc&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceHSiGdZx77NTYQawaLYT9Q

As usual by now, if you'd rather research the topics via Wikipedia and YouTube, that's fine, too!
Here are some additional relevant links...

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

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

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

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

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

Videos detailed as...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2a. Waters)
Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/CioCqQh7OSc

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2b. Waters to Marley)
Roger Waters, Michael Nyman, Jimmy Page, Charles Amirkhanian, Bob Marley
https://youtu.be/PrERrST4L9A

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2c. Fripp to Adams)
Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams
https://youtu.be/W_OXmThXv58

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2d. I. Anderson to John)
Ian Anderson, David Bowie, Elton John
https://youtu.be/J189qCE81AY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2e. I. John to Lloyd Webber)
Elton John, Brian Eno, Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://youtu.be/O6KfElCn_e8

Mark Alburger -  (2f. Lloyd Webber to Sting)
Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Sting
https://youtu.be/Ziui12B1G9M

***


[The Dalai Lama, could Quiz 13 be in view back there in Tibet?  Worksheet, due 6pm, Friday, November 19, as pdf / jpg attachment, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Write a Passage (in Bass Clef) featuring Repetition (repeated rhythmic-pitch patterns) and
Drone (long sustained notes)






Three C Root-Position 7th Chords (in Bass Clef)


Triads (T) and 7th Intervals in 3 typical 7th Chords

                                           Triad - Major (M) or minor (m)       7th Interval (M7 or m7)

Major 7th Chord   =                         MT                          +                   M7

Dominant 7th Chord   =                    MT                          +                  m7

Minor 7th Chord    =                         mT                            +                 m7



Three Stylistic Periods after the Baroque and before Present - and Dates

 Classical                1750-1825

 Romantic               1825-1900

 20th-Century         1900-2000



Listening 


Maryland (Philip Glass, b. 1937) - Kundun, 1997 (Eastern America / Northern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siDCvpB5KiA

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

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

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-09-ca-6381-story.html

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


Mali (Ali Farka Toure, b. 1939) - Talking Timbuktu, 1994 (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUloEaR1RM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Farka_Tour%C3%A9


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

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


United Kingdom (George Harrison, 1943-2001) -
Within You Without You
, 1967 (Western Europe / Southern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsffxGyY4ck

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

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


Iran (Sima Bina, b. 1944) - Zolfaye Yarom (Persian Folk Songs, 1993):
Sabzeh (Rejuvination / New Life; Mahali Birjandi)  (Western Asia)
https://youtu.be/JBfbPVA3Vuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMbR7rcFiQ
(brief documentary / interview)

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

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


Jamaica (Bob Marley, 1945-1981) - War, 1976 (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwL3lPBQ5E

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(Bob_Marley_song)

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

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


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

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

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

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

November 16 - Music Time


Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1. Glass to Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOh5T99SFN0&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccZqim8PCR5mJaSp99iY3lW

Welcome to Week 13, Music Appreciation!

If you can't make class, lecture notes (c. 300- 500 words) due 6pm, Friday, November 19,
to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Constituent parts of above, below...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1a. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/zOh5T99SFN0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1b. Glass, Corigliano)
Philip Glass, John Corigliano
https://youtu.be/gDOt4tYZN44

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1c. Andriessen, Lennon)
Louis Andriessen, John Lennon
https://youtu.be/AyApArAeVKI
(N.B. Lennon Help blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1d. Lennon)
John Lennon
https://youtu.be/_1kQz5JT4oE
(N.B. Lennon A Day in the Life blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1e. Zappa to Summers)
Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Daniel Lentz, Paul McCartney, Andy Summers
https://youtu.be/79QzhKnV0Go
(N.B. Dylan All Along the Watchtower blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1f. G. Harrison to Waters)
George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/q2QsCPrKxzU

Monday, November 15, 2021

November 15 - Striking Differences

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1. Glass to Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOh5T99SFN0&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccZqim8PCR5mJaSp99iY3lW

Welcome to World Music Week 13!  Feel free to write on the above playlist, or research topics yourself,
via Wikipedia and YouTube.  Some other interesting World Music connections below

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

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

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

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

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

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

In either case, lecture notes (c. 300- 500 words) due 6pm, Friday, November 19,
to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Constituent parts of above, below...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1a. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/zOh5T99SFN0

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1b. Glass, Corigliano)
Philip Glass, John Corigliano
https://youtu.be/gDOt4tYZN44

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1c. Andriessen, Lennon)
Louis Andriessen, John Lennon
https://youtu.be/AyApArAeVKI
(N.B. Lennon Help blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1d. Lennon)
John Lennon
https://youtu.be/_1kQz5JT4oE
(N.B. Lennon A Day in the Life blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1e. Zappa to Summers)
Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Daniel Lentz, Paul McCartney, Andy Summers
https://youtu.be/79QzhKnV0Go
(N.B. Dylan All Along the Watchtower blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1f. G. Harrison to Waters)
George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/q2QsCPrKxzU

Thursday, November 11, 2021

November 13 - San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra - Bright Ideas


SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger, Music Director

presents

Bright Ideas
7pm, Saturday, November 13, 2021
Zoom Everywhere!

Michael Kimbell (b. 1946)       
     Into the Stars, a musical voyage into the Carina Nebula (2015)
          (Toccata and Fugue on B-A-C-H for Solo Harp)

          https://youtu.be/jSZlNjbz_jY

          Katrina Szederkényi, Harp

John Bilotta (b. 1948)           
     Dust and Shadows (2019)
          For Violin and Piano

          https://youtu.be/5vw_K0TVUlE

          Jenny Estrin, Violin
          Sequoia, Piano

John Beeman (b. 1954)           
     Luminosity (2011)
           III. Day's End
           IV. Phosphorescence

           https://youtu.be/E2aK4ZNA4Nk

          The Ives Collective
           Susan Freier, Violin
           Stephen Harrison, Cello
           Lori Lack, Piano

Alexis Alrich (1955)           
     Muse of Fire (2021)

          https://www.alexisalrichcomposer.com/videos

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999)
          I. What You Been Doing?

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHQGytjPRE&list=PL376F718839ABC13E&index=33

          VIII. Is There Someone?

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j71SNCNE-n0&list=PL376F718839ABC13E&index=40

          San Francisco Cabaret Opera / Goat Hall Productions
          Satan / Zophar the Naamanthite - Crystal Philippi
          Job - Marilyn Pratt
          God / Eliphaz the Temanite - NM
          Elihu - Heather Klein
          Bildad the Shuhite - Sarita Cannon
          Job's Wife - Kate Bautch
          Pierrot Ensemble Conductor - Martha Stoddard
          Vocal and Stage Director - Mark Alburger
          Artistic Director - Harriet March Page
     
     Backyard Theology (2021)
           Video Sound-File Stream-of-Consciousness Collage
                 Gregorian Chant - Credo I (I Believe)
                 Thomas of Celano (1185-1265) - Dies Irae (Day of Wrath, 1215): Recordare (Remember)
                 Josquin des Pres (1450-1521) - El Grillo (The Cricket, 1500): Give the Cricket a Drink
                 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - La Traviata (1851): Act I Bridisi (Drinking Song)
                 Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Gloria (1960): I. Gloria
                 Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) - Quartet for the End of Time (1991):
                      VII. Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus)
                 Miles Davis (1928-1991) - Kind of Blue (1959): I. So What
                 George Crumb (b. 1929) - Black Angels (1970): VII. God Music
                 Alan Jaffe (1935-1987) / Preservation Hall Jazz Band (1960) - That's It (2013)
                 John Lennon (1940-1980) - Isolation (1970), performed by Sean Lennon Ono (b. 1975)
                 George Lucas (b. 1944) - Star Wars (1977): Impressive, Most Impressive
                 Warren Zevon (1947-2003) - Excitable Boy (1978): IV. Werewolves of London
                 Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948) - Godspell (1971): Act II Finale (Crucifixion)
                 Patti Smith (b. 1948) - Horses (1975): I. Gloria, Part I - In Excelsis Deo
                 Tom Petty (1950-2017) - Full Moon Fever (1989): I. Free Fallin'
                 Malcolm Young (1953-2017) / AC/DC (1973) - Dirty Deeds Done Cheap (1978):
                      IV. Problem Child
                 Mark Alburger (b. 1957) - Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999): I. What You Been Doing?
                 Lin-Manuel Miranda (b. 1980) - Hamilton (2015): Right Hand Man
                 Alicia Keys (b. 1981) - Alicia (2020): XV. Good Job
                 Father John Misty (b. 1981) - I Love You, Honey Bear (2015): X. Holy Shit
                Avril Lavigne (b. 1984) - Goodbye Lullaby (2011): II. What the Hell

           Mark Alburger, Electronics
           The Pennsylvania-Wisconsin Union, Discussion
                       
Davide Verotta (b. 1958)       
      String Quartet No.6 ("Straight Arrow") (2020)

           https://youtu.be/gwcGwwiI6w4

           The Friction Quartet
           Kevin Rogers and Otis Harriel, Violins
           Rachyl Martinez, Viola
           Doug Machiz, Cello 

Sheli Nan (b. 1960)           
      The Golden Ratio (2021)

           https://youtu.be/7EzZk0_eGUk

           Texas Saxophone Quartet

Michael Cooke (b. 1970)  
      Iberian Impressions (2021)

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4v7VGO7Ch4

           Michael Cooke, Flute

      Sunset Shapes (2021)

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNobGeb-53g

           Michael Cooke - Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, Chinese Meditation Chimes   

Dana Kaufman (b. 1989)
     Diary of a Madman (2012 / 2021)
         Scene 2

         https://youtu.be/janEnVgg7D4

         Lowbrow Opera Collective
         Megan Cullen, Soprano


Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)       
     Iraq Forever (2018)

          https://youtu.be/0lcu4WKYZ40

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

November 11 - High Times


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

Music Appreciation!  Here's the Musical Mantra for today....

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 6pm, Friday, November 12, 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]


John Adams - Nixon in China: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxaunpyA0g (@ 45:07)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)

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

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

November 10 - Stunning

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2. Riley to Glass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7enCsoyQU&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcdfQQy7sCQugeVfcxJxj43c

Greetings, World Music!  Once again, feel free to listen to / watch videos -- or, alternately, write on subjects, with the assistance of Wikipedia and YouTube...

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)

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

Plan A, entailing...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2a. Riley)
Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/4S7enCsoyQU

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2b. Riley to Young)
Terry Riley, Peter Schickele, La Monte Young
https://youtu.be/4w11uIfZ1Ck

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2c. Young to Reich)
La Monte Young, Richard Berry, Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/m5Mo8a_YEZk

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2d. Reich)
Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/_qHOkoTUdgg

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2e. Reich to Glass)
Steve Reich, Billy Roberts, Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/DUz1Q5C_Wg8

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2f. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/dXfMf78a488

***


[You never know where the musical influences will be found for Quiz 12 (Music c. 1960-1980), worksheet due -- along w/ all notes -- 6pm, Friday, November 12, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Key Signature and Chords of C Minor (in Bass Clef!),
with Letter Names and Roman Numerals




Three Typical Rock Bands

Piano Band

Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums


Three Later Types of Jazz and Characterizations

Cool - A calmer, intellectual variant of Bebop
Free - Improvisational style influenced by Indeterminant and Non-Western Musics
Fusion - Combinations of Jazz with Rock and Minimal Musics



Listening


Congo (Guido Haazen, 1921-2004) / Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin) -
Missa Luba (1959): I. Kyrie (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXO6nmWecY

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


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



India (T.M. Soundararajan, 1922-2013 / Pulapaka Susheela / Bollywood Film Music) -
Galatta Kalyanam (Riotous Marriage, 1969): II. Engal Kalyanam (Our Wedding, Southern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBImorqORj0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._M._Soundararajan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Susheela

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

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



Finland (Einojuani Rautavaara, 1928-2016) -
Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Orchestra and Birds), 1972 (Eastern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO3YRZWLvQo

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

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

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



Zambia (Kasai / Tonga Singers b. c. 1934)  -
Traditional Song / Work Song (1972, Southern Africa)
https://youtu.be/WjB5H_q0aE8

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


California (Terry Riley, b. 1935) -
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (1968,Western America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgIT5xh1nJE

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

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


New York (Steve Reich, b. 1936) -
Tehillim (Psalms)
, 1981 (Eastern America / Western Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf2qDuMyWHg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehillim_(Reich)

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

November 9 - The Examined Sound


Hey, Music Appreciation!  Possibly a very short class today...

If you can't make it, please take notes (c. 300-500 words on the entire playlist), and send by 6pm, this Friday, November 12 (Oh, and 3rd Extra-Credit Concert is 7pm the following day, Saturday, November 13).

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

Monday, November 8, 2021

November 8 - Let there Be Sound and Light

Greetings World Music!  Just remembered this line from Philip Glass's Akhnaten: "The Sun has set on he who knew thee not oh Amun, but as for he who knows thee he shines"

We hereby claim the below playlist...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1. Boulez to Riley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbpYpf1MnCA&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd-QeUFqiKNG4TUCN6Yz3PJ

But, additionally or instead of above, feel free to check out Wikipedia and YouTube Links, such as...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And, if you're going for the videos, we hereby designate them as...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1a. Boulez, Schuller)
Pierre Boulez, Gunther Schuller
https://youtu.be/JbpYpf1MnCA

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1b. Schuller to Fried)
Gunther Schuller, Chuck Berry, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Gerald Fried
https://youtu.be/_gw60Jr1zcM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1c. Bock to Crumb)
Jerry Bock, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Crumb
https://youtu.be/gEoX8_aeMeE

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1d. Crumb)
George Crumb
https://youtu.be/AILCs-wxC-M

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (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

Thursday, November 4, 2021

November 4 - Mapping the Future


Greetings Music Appreciation 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, November 5... which is, of course, also turn-in time for any Notes 'o Week (c. 300-500 words)] if you can't make class...


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)