September 10 - Difference a Day

24

hours

later,

and,

looking

south

on

680,

while

the

Mt. Diablo Fire has not been officially contained, there's not a shred of evidence from this distance of anything out of the ordinary.

Meanwhile, another extraordinary day, beginning with the Theorists' encounter of Thomas of Celano's Dies Irae,for Dictation, Keyboard-Solfege, and Board Harmony, followed by fine Student Compositions of Round 1,

hie'ing hence

toward

financial

and

other

errands

and

homeward

for

class preparation and paper-grading,

returning

down

the

spectacular

sunset,

cloud-

strewn

corridor

of

680

South

over the Benicia Bridge,

again towards

Diablo

for

 the

evening class's adventures in Medieval Music, 

beginning Early and looking towards Later...

G Major
G A B C D E F# G

G Mixolydian
G A B C D E F G

G Dorian
G A Bb C D E F G

G Minor
G A Bb C D Eb F G

Four Types of Aerophones (Winds)
End-Blown (Flute)
Double Reed (Oboe / Bassoon)
Single Reed (Clarinet / Sax)
Lip-Buzz (Trumpet / Horn / Trombone / Tuba)

Three Types of Ideophones (Solid-Body Percussion)
Metal (Bells / Chimes / Gongs)
Wood (Xylophone / Marimba)
Other (Stone / Glass / Earth) (Stone Chimes / Glass Harmonica / Clay Pot)

Three Types of Chordophones (Strings)
Suspended (Harp / Lyre)
Box (Piano / Zither)
Neck (Violin / Lute / Guitar)

Steps in Intervals from Perfect Fifth to Perfect Octave
P5 = 3 1/2 Steps
m6 = 4
M6 = 4 1/2
m7 = 5
M7 = 5 1/2
P8 = 6 Steps

Listening
[8270] France - Ductia
[8270] Perotin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
[8270] Walter von der Vogelweide - Palestinlied (Palestine Song)
[8320] Ars Antiqua Motet - Alle-Psallite (Alle - Sing It)
[8300] Guillaume de Machaut - La Messe de Nostre Dame: I. Kyrie (Notre Dame Mass)
[8811] Franz Liszt - Totentanz (Death Dance)


***

Late return, after a nice session at Carrow's, on a decidedly cooler day -- 88 (170th day of summer) -- composing page 22 of Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition, plus score-studying sixth systems of re Igor Stravinsky's Two Poemes of Verlaine: I and Paul Hindemith's Three Songs: I (finishing the former).

September 9 - Fire on the Mountain

21st-Century work,

editing an article on Malcolm Arnold,

then out,

in view

of a

distant conflagration

on

Mt. Diablo,

to rendezvous with the Theoreticians for the beginning of Week 4, initialy featuring G modes and Dictation / Board Harmony on the Orkney Islands Hymn to St. Magnus.

A session in Monte Bairos's class, lunch,

and

Finale work with Carol before heading home to Harriet,

 
on the hottest day of the month yet: 102 (73rd at 90-or-above, 17th 100+) --

on the 169th day of summer.

The only recourse

is to head to the

pool again,

returning for

lucky videos into the night, interspersed with the composition of page 21 for Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition, plus fifth systems of continued score-study re Igor Stravinsky's Two Poemes of Verlaine: I, Paul Hindemith's Three Songs: I, and Kurt Weill's Quodlibet: I (finishing this latter).