July 16 - The Eyes and Ears Have It...
[Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev concerned about many situations, but not re Quiz 10 -- 20th-Century Music II, Thursday, July 18, 2019, Diablo Valley College, 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
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Quiz 9 (20th-Century Music I) for the Historians, on the 101st day of summer, high down 3 to 94
Fairfield, 92
Martinez, 87
Pleasant Hill, 90
San Ramon, 85
San Rafael, 82
rendezvousing with Cliff thereafter to drive / hike to the summit of Mt. Tamalpais in the sunset...
Return to compose a second page of The Gospel According to St. John, Op. 327: I. In the Beginning Was the Word...