Classical
Quiz for the Music Historians, looking ahead to matters Romantic...
C Chromatic Scale
Ascending: C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
Descending: C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C
Draw a Seating Plan of an Orchestra (above or any variant) or List in Score Order (as below)
Woodwinds
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Brass
Trumpet
Horn
Trombone
Tuba
Percussion
Harp
Piano
Mallets
Battery
Timpani
Strings
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass
Extra Credit!
List Any Three (or More) Conservative / Progressive 19th-Century Composers
Conservative
Felix Mendelssohn
Cesar Franck
Bedrich Smetana
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Johannes Brahms
Camille Saint-Saens
Peter Tchaikovsky
Antonin Dvorak
Edvard Grieg
John Philip Sousa
Sergei Taneyev
Edward Elgar
Hans Pfitzner
Progressive
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
Alexander Borodin
Modest Mussorgsky
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Gabriel Faure
Giocomo Puccini
Gustav Mahler
Richard Strauss
Paul Dukas
Jean Sibelius
Scott Jopin
Albert Roussel
Listening
[8810] Frederic Chopin - Piano Prelude No. 4 in E Minor
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet
[8813] Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
[8838] Georges Bizet - Carmen: Habanera
[8862] Claude Debussy - The Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk
[8866] Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
***
On the way homeward,
while diverting north on Lopes,
notice that Oakridge no longer has a "Private Road" notification, so,
take the opportunity for the first time ever to explore west and
northwest on same to its
end,
returning
downslope
with
more
intriguing
views
down
to
Horse
Farm -- a compositional inspiration!...
The day begins with another terrifically early commute, with virtually no delays... is this the way to travel in future?
Yet again a set of papers graded, and off amazingly quickly to class,
heading to CyberCopy thereafter to print music for The Opus Project presents Opus 34: In the Steps of Abraham (8pm, Saturday, October 24, Diablo Valley College Music, Pleasant Hill, CA).
After
the
detour,
continue
making
the way northeastward circuitously via
Gold Hill,
680,
Pittman,
Abernathy --
and another swing by the nearest
Cheesesteak Shop.
Return to compose page 18 Four Michaels (Zodiac Concerto, after The Book of Jude), Op. 245... High down two to 82 on the 245th day of summer (162 days 80+) -- up one, actually, in Pleasant Hill, at 84...
