November 6 - This Modern World


Quiz 9 for the Music Historians: Vaughan Williams, Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg (with Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Edgar Varese, and Anton Webern standing by), looking over our shoulders to...


C (Lydian) Blues

C Eb F (F#) G Bb C


C Chords

Augmented Major Minor Diminished
      G#            G        G          Gb
       E              E        Eb         Eb
       C             C         C           C


Typical Chord Changes in 12-Bar Blues

Measures  1  2   3   4
                  I

                  5  6  7  8
                 IV     I

                 9  10  11  12
                 V  IV  I


Listening

[8891] Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 3: I

[8898] George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

[8900] Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring: II

[8901] Harry Partch - U.S. Highball

[8906] Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5: I

[8908] Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila Symphonie: IV

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Recording, then homeward directly,


preparing for publication Missa California, Op. 35: III. Credo and IV. Sanctus (with I. Kyrie and II. Gloria, 32 pages total thus far), high just squeeking up to 70 (71 in Pleasant Hill), which makes this the 254th day of summer...