September 18 - Return, Return


Back to the classroom for the Music Historians --


a cozy situation, looking ahead to the Renaissance, as below...


A [Harmonic] Minor
 A   B   C    D  E    F  G[#] A
Do Re Me Fa Sol Le [Ti]  Do
                                   Te

Chords in C Major
C Dm Em  F  G Am Bdim C
I    ii    iii  IV V   vi   viio   I

Three Periods After Ancient and Before Classical - with Dates
Medieval 400-1400
Renaissance 1400-1600
Baroque 1600-1750

Intervals in Three Types of Triads
Major Triad (MT) = Major Third (M3) + Perfect Fifth (P5)
Minor Triad (mT) = Minor Third (m3) + Pefect Fifth (P5)
Diminished Triad (dT) = Minor Third (m3) + Diminished Fifth (d5)

Listening
[8400] Giles Binchois - Files a Marier (Don't Marry)
[8415] Conrad Paumann - Mit Ganczem Willen (With My Whole Heart)
[8450] Josquin des Pres - El Grillo (The Cricket)
[8491] Henry VIII - Pastime with Good Company
[8510] Andrea Gabrieli - Ricercar (Research) in the 12th Mode
[8525] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Notre Dame Mass: I. Kyrie

***


Up absurdly early,


down southwest for paper-grading and composition,


then the wonders of the class,


followed


by


a


sojourn to UC Berkeley for research re The Opus Project Presents Opus 33 -- Love! Love! Love!: Valentines Out of Season (8pm, Saturday, September 26, 2015, Diablo Valley College Music, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA).


Homeward


through


slightly-


less-


traffic-


than-


expected


(but


still


meriting


end-


runs...


Cordelia


through


farmlands,


Suisun


Valley,


Abernathy


towards


Mankas


Corner,


Hilborn


winding


to


Lyon


towards


Lagoon



Valley... rather a lot, really) to continue editing page 21 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1888 Alma Maria Schindler, Op. 232, No. 10, and finish score-study re Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes: Act III - Interlude V (15 systems total),


in the company of videos with


Harriet and Megan.  210th day of summer, high 89 (132 days 80+) -- 87 / 81, DVC / Berkeley...