June 10 - Basics
Perusing thrugh the old 1964 World Book Encyclopedia: B,
noting articles on Johann Sebastian Bach,
Ballet,
and
Balloons --
possibly
the
subject
of
an opera...
plus information on Ludwig van Beethoven,
Hector Berlioz,
Leonard Bernstein,
Georges Bizet,
Johannes Brahms,
and the
Byzantine
Empire.
So,
off,
via
80
southwest
and
680
south,
to
Contra
Costa
and
DVC
for
financial
errands, then south and west to UC Berkeley Music Library for research re The Opus Project presents Opus 79-80 (8pm, Saturday, September 28), on the warmest day of the year thus far -- high up 8 to 102
Pleasant Hill, 103
Martinez, 76
Berkeley, 99
Upon return, begin composition of
Broke Dance Intermezzi: X, Op. 320 (June 10, 2019)
IVx1. X… (Xenia)
Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, Merce Cunningham
[9 pages]
and continue that of
Broke Dance Intermezzi: W, Op. 319
IVw5. Witches'... (A Desert Place)
Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi
[5]