[Two by two towards DVC San Ramon Music Appreciation for Medieval Music II (Quiz 4) --
beyond 11:10am, Wednesday, September 19]
Four G Scales / Modes
Subdivisions of Instruments
Four Types of Winds (Aerophones)
End-Blown (Flute / Harmonica)
Double-Reed (Oboe / Bassoon)
Single-Reed (Clarinet / Sax)
Lip-Buzz (Trumpet / Horn / Trombone / Tuba)
Three Types of Solid-Body Percussion (Idiophones)
Wood (Marimba / Xylophone)
Metal (Bells / Vibraphone)
Other (Earth / Glass / Stone)
Three Types of Strings (Chordophones)
Suspended (Harp / Lyre)
Box (Piano / Zither)
Neck (Guitar / Lute / Violin / Viola / Cello / Bass)
Intervals from Perfect Fifth (P5) to Perfect Octave (P8), and Number of Steps in Each
P5 = 3 1/2 Steps
m6 = 4
M6 = 4 1/2
m7 = 5
M7 = 5 1/2
P8 = 6
Listening
Please Identify by Composer / Region / Genre [as noted], and Title [and Movement, if needed] --
and write at least one complete educated sentence on each
Reminders
here and elsewhere parentheses denote alternate title -- you may use either
usually a last name will suffice re composers
in case of ambiguity, sufficient name has been underlined for your reference...
France - Ductia (Duet Dance)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/french-b-c-1170-danse-real-royale.html
(Towards the bottom of the blog entry, with score --
Florilegium version, featuring bombards [oboes], vielles [violins] and drum
the four 8-bar sections are played 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 1, 2 -- and then repeated again in the same order)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_dance
Perotin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8210/01/perotin-c-1170-c-1210.html
(Second music tab, with score)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pérotin
Ars Antiqua Motet - Alle - Psallite (Alle - Sing It)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8220/01/anonymous-french-author-b-c-1220.html
(with notation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle_Psallite_Cum_Luya
Guillaume de Machaut - Notre Dame Mass (La Messe de Nostre Dame): I. Kyrie
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/guillaume-de-machaut-c-1300-april-1377.html
(the music tab is below a Scrib'd score that might not boot up, but will display if clicked,
and above a couple of YouTube deleted videos!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_de_Machaut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messe_de_Nostre_Dame
http://imslp.org/wiki/Missa_de_Notre_Dame_(Machaut,_Guillaume_de) (better full score)
Gherardello da Firenze - Tosto che l'Alba (Soon as the Dawn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok4VOFvLE2Y (with score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gherardello_da_Firenze
***
It may be excerpts from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (billed as taking place in A.D. 932), but soon it will be Medieval I Quiz,
on
the
169th
day of summer,
high plummeting down 16 to 77,
again coolest day since July 4...
Fairfield, 75
Pleasant Hill, 78
San
Ramon,
69
... hitting
the
slopes thereafter
for yet another
jaunt
on the
DVCSR-to-Mt-Diablo
route,
here from Fourth Canyon
back to
Fourth Promontory Sign,
then
spiralling
downslope
and
homewardon
680
and
80
to edit / score-study --
Page 85 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II
System 12
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 7
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Children's Notebook, Op. 69 (1945): IV. Happy Fairy Tale
