March 27 - Russian Collusion!


[Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev concerned about many situations, but not re Quiz 10 -- 20th-Century Music II, to be given sometime after 11:10am, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, Diablo Valley College, San Ramon, CA]

 
C (Lydian) Blues Scale / Four C Chords



Chord Pattern in a Typical 12-Bar Blues


Chord           I
Measure       1    2    3    4

                     IV        I
                     5    6    7   8

                     V   IV   I
                     9   10   11   12



Listening


Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

https://www.teachertube.com/video/peter-and-the-wolf-245162
(N.B. this is the Walt Disney version - not quite Prokofiev's original!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf


George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2_yRwPPIEc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue

http://imslp.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue_(Gershwin,_George)


Francis Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V87wGyfUQiQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Poulenc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Two_Pianos_and_Orchestra_(Poulenc)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Concerto_for_2_Pianos,_FP_61_(Poulenc,_Francis)


Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVahuS9hk_s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Copland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Spring


Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGXVXEYiZNM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Shostakovich)


Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila Symphonie: IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Qh9Tttngk (@18:45)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turangal%C3%AEla-Symphonie

***


Quiz 9 for the Music Historians, and hard to argue with a repertory of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles Ives, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg --


on


the


79th


day


of


spring,


high


again


65


(.19 rainfall, 27.63 since July 1)

Fairfield, 64
Martinez, 62
Pleasant Hill, 63
Danville, 60
San Ramon, 59


Once again on the


Pony Express


route,


now southwest


from Best Western


to


Allison,


returning to


Panda Express for paper grading. 


Homeward


and


eventually


errands towards


sunset,


and,


on either side of this, the editing of page 28 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act V, Scene 1, and composition re


 Broke Dance Intermezzi: H, Op. 304
    IVh6. Outback Hop (Elastic)
            Saint-Saens, Alburger

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