Second week of Music Literature, and definitely an interesting group,
proceeding from music resonating with Prehistoric possibilieis, looking ahead to Ancient ambiences....
F Lydian
F G A B C D E F
Do Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Do
F Major
F G A Bb C D E F
Do Re Mi Fa Sola La Ti Do
Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in a Major Scale
W W H W W W H
Four Kinds of Textures
Monophonic - One Line of Music, Strictly Performed
Heterophonic - One Line of Music, Freely Performed
Polyphony - More than One Line of Music, Lines of = Importance
Homophonic - More than One Line of Music, One Line More Important
Listening:
[6971] Asia Minor (Turkey) - Epitaph of Seikilos
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March
[8835] Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: I. Royal March
[8875] Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite: III. The Princess of the Pagodas
[8999] Francis Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto: I
[8929] George Crumb - Vox Balaenae (The Voice of the Whale): I
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The day begins bumping down the freeway to beginning of Week 2 with the Theoreticians,
lunch
locally,
lurching
homeward
680-
and
80-
wise,
via errands,
for more paper-grading and planning,
back down
in the
evening air (past the surreally beautiful denoument of the Marigold Fire in Fairfield),
heading out after Music History to late libations with faculty. How can another composed page (8) for Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition possibly get done on the 156th day of summer, high 93 (64th 90+)?
