Week 3 of the summer semester,
Pianists up to repertory roughly reflecting the Renaissance and Baroque,
related deal in the evening class, first things first...
D Major
D E F# G A B C# D
A Major
A B C# D E F# G# A
E Major
E F# G# B C# D# E
E Minor
E F# G A B C D E
Three Typical Genres of Baroque Music
Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
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Opera
Overture
Recitative
Aria (Duet, Trio...)
Chorus
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Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast
J.S. Bach (1685-1779) - Three stylitic periods, and typical music written...
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal
Listening
[8567] Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (God in the House)
[8659] Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament (When I Am Laid in Earth)
[8678] Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Spring: I (Allegro)
[8681] G.P. Telemann - Oboe Concerto in F Minor: I (Allegro)
[8685] G.F. Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah!
[8686] J.A. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: I (Allegro)
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Afternoon adventures include not enough paper grading on a fourth day of in-line 100+ temperatures --
high now of 104..
the coolest of this heat wave of so far 105, 107, 105 --
101st of summer,
26th 90-or-better, 6th 100-or-beyond. In the late evening, compose page 43 of Hamlet.
