October 2 - Quite Proper, Maybe
[Franz Joseph Haydn, looking foward to being featured in Quiz 7 (Classical / Romantic I), DVC Music Appreciation - Tuesday, October 8, Pleasant Hill - Wednesday, October 9, San Ramon - Friday, October 25, Late Start]
C Melodic Minor Scale
Four Typical Forms in a Symphony - and their letter designations
Sonata Allegro - A (Exposition) B (Developement ) A' (Recapitulation)
a b a' b'
Theme and Variations - A A' A'' A''' etc.
Minuet and Trio - A B A
a (repeat) b (repeat) c (repeat) d (repeat) a b
Rondo - A B A C A (A B A C A B A)
Beethoven's Birth and Death Dates, and Three Creative Periods - Names and Characterizations
1770-1827
Early - Classical (super Haydn-Mozart)
Middle - Typical (Quintessential / Definitive)
Late - Romantic (Progressive / Weird)
Listening
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwMXj0Y1_Y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._94_(Haydn)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.94_in_G_major,_Hob.I:94_(Haydn,_Joseph)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YhWY74RdmU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No._5_(Mozart)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No.5_in_A_major,_K.219_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 5: I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWEVKyEwi4A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Beethoven)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5,_Op.67_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cao6WyF-61s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Berlioz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonie_fantastique
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphonie_fantastique,_H_48_(Berlioz,_Hector)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Act III - Quartet and Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkh8Txyh3NY [1:30:52 - 1:44:44]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto
Richard Wagner - Die Walkure (The Valkyrie): Act III - The Ride of the Valkyries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_of_the_Valkyries
https://imslp.org/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre,_WWV_86B_(Wagner,_Richard)
***
A Baroque bonanza for the Diablo Valley College San Ramon Music Historians,
and,
afterwards
another walk on the
DVCSR-to-Pleasant-Hill-lower-western route,
still on Green Valley north,
over the intersection of Stone Valley,
to
the
Creek's
crossing.
Later,
check up on the
new-alternator-deficient car,
on the 180th day of summer,
high up 2 to 79 (locally and in Pleasant Hill)...
Fairfield, 83
Martinez / San Ramon, 72
Danville, 76
... finishing, while fires continue to rage,
Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act III
Scene II. The Forum.
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