July 5 - Haydn Seek


[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)


Giuseppe 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)

***


A brief blast through the Baroque, and


Quiz 6 for the Music Historians,


after


blitzing


down


to 


the


lecture


site,


and


before continuing the bliss with another


jaunt on the San Ramon to Mt. Diablo route,


now south on


Scenic retrogradingly into


Dan Cooke Canyon. 


Following a brief exploration north on same and east/west


South


Gate,


it's over to


Brian and Gigi's briefly,


then downslope


to a


delicious outdoor 


Mexican spot with


Harriet, Tony, and Claire.  


100th day of summer,


high zooming


back up


16 to 91

San Ramon, 81
Danville, 85
Martinez, 83


Poolside


later in the afternoon,


plus editing page 24 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II, and composing system 3 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)...