September 11 - Turning to the Light
Somber anniversary in America and life goes on,
with parallel and oblique harmony for the Theoreticians,
on
the
168th
day
of
summer,
high again 68 (Fairfield, 87 / Pleasant Hill, 89) --
errands about
campus,
then
off to
Solano College
for another rendezvous with Harriet,
followed
by
paper-grading
at
El
Pitayo --
the views
including
Vaca Mountains, Fairfield Foothills,
and
Twin Sisters --
subsequently
homeward to edit / score-study
Page 84 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II
System 11
King David, Op. 69 (1998): XII. Incantation (The Witch of Endor)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Billy the Kid (1938): Mexican Dance and Finale - Goodbye, Old Paint (1938)
John Cage (1912-1992) - Dream (1948)
System 6
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Children's Notebook, Op. 69 (1945): IV. Happy Fairy Tale