July 2 - Test Drive


The half-way point for the Summer Music Appreciation class, with Quiz 6 Baroque, looking on to...



C Melodic Minor (Three Flats Bb Eb Ab)

Up - C D Eb F G A-Natural B-Natural C
Down C Bb Ab G F Eb D CL


Four Typical Forms in a Symphony, and their Structures


                            Exposition  Development  Recapitulation

Sonata-Allegro          A                  B                     A'  

                                  ab                                         a'b'


Theme and Variations   A A'  A''  A''' . . .


Minuet and Trio     A                             B                              A
                           a(repeat) b(repeat)   c(repeat) d (repeat)     ab


Rondo                      ABACA  (ABACABA)


Dates, Stylistic Periods, and Characterization of Same for 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)


Early      Classical



Middle    Typical



Late         Romantic


Listening

[8732] F.J. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II

[8756] W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III

[8770] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5: I

[8803] Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold

[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet

[8813] Richard Wagner - Gotterdammerung: Finale
                                          (Twilight of the Gods)

***


More


heat,


but


now


down two to a round 100 -- significantly cooler in Pleasant Hill at 89,


returning via Carol paper-grading and Opus work,


on


a


long


and


sinuous 


series


of


rural


and


suburban


situations --


including


Lyon,


Lagoon


Valley



80,


and


an errand-run -- to continue producing video for Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: XV. Two Sisters.