February 28 - Papa Preach


[Franz Joseph Haydn, looking foward to being featured in Quiz 7 (Classical / Romantic I), sometime after 11am, Wednesday, March 7, Diablo Valley College, San Ramon, CA]

C Melodic Minor Scale


Four Typical Forms in a Symphony - and their letter designations

Sonata Allegro - A (Exposition)    B (Developement )   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 (Quintessential / Definitive)
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=4YhWY74RdmU

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)


Giuseppi Verdi - Rigoletto: Act III - Quartet and Storm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkh8Txyh3NY [1:30:52 - 1:44:44]

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

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


Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLuYj2jxoc [23:33 - 29:25]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Brahms)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4,_Op.98_(Brahms,_Johannes)

***


Time for Quiz 6 (Baroque Music -- Monteverdi, Schutz, Purcell, Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel) with the Music Historians,


after the


transit


south


and


before


another


walk,


continuing a series of connected strolls from DVC San Ramon to Mt Diablo,


now


via


the


Reutlinger


Trail.


east


to


Jasmine,


looping


around


to


Tassajara


and


Parkhaven. 



47th


day


of


spring,


high


back


down


3


to


57


(ABA of 57-60-57 last 3 days... ) -- 

Pleasant Hill, 58
San Ramon, 56
Pinole, 52

-- page 39 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45, edited....

February 27 - Show Business


Snow on Mt. Diablo --


on


the


early-



morning


way


to


DVC,


greeting the Theoreticians with Board Harmony on Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and


J.S. Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor --


during the


46th day of


spring,


high up 3 to 60


(Pleasant Hill, 62; Pinole, 56)...


delightfully


editing


page


38 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 in the evening...