October 16 - Waiting


Time for another Quiz -- 6th (Baroque) of the DVC Music History Fall 2015 Semester -- and looking ahead to the 7th (Classical)...


C Melodic Minor Scale (Key Signature of 3 Flats -- Bb, Eb, Ab)

Ascending: C D Eb F G A-Natural B-Natural C

Descending C Bb Ab G F Eb D C


Typical Movement Forms in an Idealized Symphony

                          Exposition   Development   Recapitulation
Sonata-Allegro       A                   B                      A'
                              a  b                                        a'  b'

Theme and Variations   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)


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Early - Classical   (Super Haydn / Mozart)

Middle - Typical   (Quintessential, Definitive)

Late - Romantic  (Progressive, Weird)


Listening

[8714] C.P.E. Bach - Solfeggietto

[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

[8792] Gioacchino Rossini - The Barber of Seville: Largo al Factotum (Figaro's Aria)

[8797] Franz Schubert - The Erl-King

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Another


early-


morning


paper-grading / composition


session,


the


class,


an economical


petrol stop,


the return,


continuing to compose page 11 Four Michaels (Zodiac Concerto, after The Book of Jude), Op. 245 -- high down a tick to 89 (158 days 80+), on the 238th day of summer (86 in Pleasant Hill)...