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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