June 30 - Cliffside

A walk with Cliff on the classic Crestwood / Ridgewood Open Space Trails,

on

the

85th

day of summer, 

high again 89

Fairfield, 88

Vallejo, 85

Novato, 79

San Rafael, 77

Upon return, finish

North Lehigh Circle, Op. 325 (June 25, 2019)
    Musical Homeland In Six Decades
        VI. 2000's - Circle

[1 page / 51 pages total]

and continue editing new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act V, Scene 2 (system 63)...

June 29 - Intelligence Report

Over various videos,

compose

North Lehigh Circle, Op. 325 (June 25, 2019)
    Musical Homeland In Six Decades
        V. 1990's - Lehigh

and edit page 62 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act V, Scene 2

on

the

84th

day of

summer,

high up 3 to 89,

more errands

about

town...

June 28 - Hot Times in the Old Country Today

June 2019

European Heat Wave,

high 114.8 in Verarges, France (record for the nation),

about 18 miles from the Mediterranean Coast --

with Spain, Italy, etc., not so far away from a usually even hotter Morocco / Algeria / Tunisia / Libya / et al North Africa...

Locally, 

considerably cooler,

on the 83rd day of summer, high up 2 to 86,

errands about town,

new neighbor

still moving in,

Megan over, composing

North Lehigh Circle, Op. 325 (June 25, 2019)
    Musical Homeland In Six Decades
        IV. 1980's - North

and editing page 61 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act V, Scene 2

June 27 - Love Songs

[Baude Cordier(1380-1439)'s Belle, Bonne, Sage (Beautiful, Good, Wise, c. 1410) for DVC Summer Music Appreciation Quiz 5 (Renaissance Music) -- an open-notes worksheet exercise on Monday, July 1]


A Natural (and Harmonic) Minor / Chords in C Major

Three Periods of Aesthetic History after Ancient and Before Classical - and Dates

Medieval - 400-1400
Renaissance - 1400-1600
Baroque - 1600-1750


Three Types of Triads (Chords) and Their Constituent Thirds and Fifths

Major Triad (MT) = Major Third (M3) + Perfect Fifth (P5)
Minor Triad (mT) = Minor Third (m3) + Perfect Fifth (P5)
Diminished Triad (dT) = Minor Third (m3) + Diminished Fifth (d5) (a.k.a. Tritone)


Listening


Gilles Binchois - Files a Marier (Don't Marry)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8400/01/giles-binchois-c-1400-1467.html
(Recording and Score)

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

https://books.google.com/books?id=8gwToY1HEoIC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=Files+a+Marier&source=bl&ots=u59tx14DnB&sig=4PCzDqMK9keX52yadb2LkFtMDUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCha6epKLZAhUnxoMKHe1hBE0Q6AEITDAI#v=onepage&q=Files%20a%20Marier&f=false


Conrad Paumann - Mit Ganczem Willen (With All my Heart)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8410/01/conrad-paumann-c-14151473.html
(Recording and Score)

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


Josquin des Pres - El Grillo (The Cricket)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-bQ0RkArA
(Recording and Score)

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

https://www.allmusic.com/composition/el-grillo-song-for-4-parts-mc0002358561

Costanzo Festa - Quando Ritrova (When I Find My Shepherdess)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/constanza-festa-1490-1545-sackbut.html
(Recording and Score --
Performance rhythms are markedly different than notation, and measures 14-16 omitted --
Music is repeated in "double" ["doobla"] style, with improvisation in upper shawm line)

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


Andrea Gabrieli - Ricercar in the 12th Mode (Research in the 12th Mode)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/andrea-gabrieli-c-1510-1586-ricercar.html
(Recording and Score)

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


Carlo Gesualdo - Moro, Lasso (Alas, I Die)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVPu71D8VI
(Recording and Score)

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

https://www.allmusic.com/composition/moro-lasso-al-mio-duolo-madrigal-for-5-voices-book-6-w-6-74-mc0002361403


***

   
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Andrew Yang, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet, Marianne Williamson, and Eric Swalwell --

followed by Steven Colbert's take on the proceedings and interview with Chris Christie...

Before this, meet the respective Music Historians for more

Late Medieval merriment and Quiz IV,

on

the

81st

day

of

summer,

high

up

4 to 84

San Ramon, 75

Pleasant Hill, 79

Martinez, 67

Fairfield, 80

Rendevous

for

not-so-secret

lunch

with Harriet and Megan at

Pietro's II,

then walking northeast on Merchant,

again the old Pony Express Route,

back to

Pietro's I,

and

reverse

course --

followed 

by return to compose

North Lehigh Circle, Op. 325 (June 25, 2019)
    Musical Homeland In Six Decades
        III. 1970's - 5

and edit page 60 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act V, Scene 2...