[Camille Saint-Saens in a funk (diabolic mood!) before Quiz 8 (Romantic Music II), 12noon, Thursday, July 12, DVC, San Ramon]
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
Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 ("Organ"): IIb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idL1kQex-ss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Saëns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Saint-Saëns)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3,_Op.78_(Saint-Saëns,_Camille)
Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 ("Pathetique"): II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDqCIcsUtPI (20:59-28:25)
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=5q0z66wkN2c (35:38-54:00)
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=kEPERXpOqiU
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)
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2: II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sSFVvF7-W0 (10:42-25:14)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sibelius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Sibelius)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2%2C_Op.43_(Sibelius%2C_Jean)
***
Life's
a
beach,
as we enjoy
Lake Anza
in
Tilden Park,
after
another
stimulating
time at Diablo Valley College San Ramon, with the Music Historians,
concluding with Quiz 7 (Classical / Romantic I).
A
circuituous
course before
(DVC Pleasant Hill /
Morello /
Taylor
to
24 /
Wildcat Canyon) and
after the dip,
finally
heading
homeward,
with
luck
temporarily
running out
near
Lopes Road
-- on the 105th day of summer,
high down 4 again to 98 (ABA of 980-102-98, last 3 days) --
Martinez, 92
Danville, 94
San Ramon, 90
Berkeley, 75
-- for errands and the continued editing of page 29 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II, and composing system 8 Dan Cook Canyon: Six Tethered Tales 'Round Danville, CA, Op. 285 (2018): I. Goodbye God, I'm Going to Bodie (Dan Cook Strikes It Rich / The Open Bar)...
