December 4 - As We Go Along


Quiz 12 for the Music Historians, improvising our way through works of Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Lennon, Roger Waters, and John Adams -- and on beyond...






Write a Minimalist Passage

(Any repeated melodic/rhythmic figure)


Three C 7th Chords

CM7  C7  Cm7

B        Bb   Bb
G        G     G
E         E     Eb
C         C     C


7th Chord       =     Triad  +   7th Interval

Major 7th       =      MT    +     M7

Dominant 7th =     MT     +     m7

Minor 7th        =     mt      +    m7


Three Stylistic Periods - with Dates - after Baroque and before Present

Classical    -  1750-1825

Romantic    -  1825-1900

20th Century - 1900-2000


Listening

[8951] Sting - Every Breath You Take

[YouTube] Oliver Knussen - Flourish with Fireworks

[8957] Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 9

[8957 Tan Dun - Ghost Opera

[8958] Prince -  Darling Nikki

[8958] Erling Wold - Sub Pontio Pilato: Credo

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I believe we'll go on,


at least for a bit,


grading papers and composing early,


and


returning


in


improved


conditions


on


the


28th


day


of


fall,


high 60 (62 in Pleasant Hill),


to


myriad


videos,


over


editing page 9 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1893 - Alma / Sophie / Grete, Op. 232, No. 15 and continuing composing system 6 The Decameron - Fifth Day, Op. 247: Novel II - "Gostanza loves Martuccio Gomito, and hearing that he is dead, gives way to despair", Op. 247, No. 2.