[Josquin des Pres, intent on Exam, Part I -- Tuesday, December 10, Pleasant Hill / Wednesday, December 11, San Ramon / Friday, Decemeber 13, Late Start]
Write Any Major Scale -- Except C -- with Solfege
Write Any Minor Scale -- Except A -- with Solfege
List Six Periods of Aesthetic History, before the 20th Century, with Dates
Including: Ancient, 3500 BC (BCE) - AD 400 (CE)
Listening
Greece - First Delphic Hymn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnkVaPKlf_U
http://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1197218
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/anonymous-athenian-b-c-168-bc.html
Timbre - Brass Ensemble, Electric Guitar, Drum
Form - Through-Composed
Style - Ancient
Italy - Trotto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aegyz0H31Uo (@ 36:10)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/composers-of-iialian-dances-b-c-1270.html
https://www.allmusic.com/composition/trotto-dance-for-instrumental-ensemble-mc0002367874
(Despite Blue Gene Tyranny's fine write up - the composition is in G Dorian)
Timbre - Medieval Ensemble, including Flute, Bombard (Oboe), Pressure Drum, Vielle (Violin)
Form - Rondo (AABACABACA)
Style - Medieval
Josquin des Pres - Scaramella
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu7-USz4F0k
https://www.allmusic.com/composition/scaramella-va-alla-guerra-song-for-4-parts-mc0002364210
http://imslp.org/wiki/Scaramella_(Josquin_Desprez)
Timbre - 4-Part Male Chorus (SATB Notation)
Form - Binary AB (or AA'), repeated in this performance
Style - Renaissance
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kI1Ab6_Xfk
(with notation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concertos
http://imslp.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concerto_No.1_in_F_major,_BWV_1046_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)
Timbre - [3] Oboes, [2] French Horns, Strings, Continuo (Bassoon / Harpsichord / Low Strings)
Form - Ritournello
[Rondo-like - one main theme, returning in fragments, with contrasting variants]
Style - Baroque
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IInG5nY_wrU (@ 57:15)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.125_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)
Timbre - Vocal Soloists, Chorus, Large Orchestra
Form - Theme and Variations
Style - Late Classical / Early Romantic
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLuYj2jxoc [23:33 - 29:25]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Brahms)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4,_Op.98_(Brahms,_Johannes)
Timbre - Large Orchestra
Form - Sonata-Allegro
Style - Romantic
***
Quiz 14 for the DVCSR Music Historians, with some technical challenges (obliged to use school computer w/ no audio, running sound from laptop through same w/ occasional over-bassy results),
lunch at
Gale Ranch Subway,
walking thereafter on the San-Ramon-to-Pleasant-Hill western route --
Green
Valley
Ridge
to
Mt Diablo
Fence Parking,
with another inspection of
Macedo Ranch following, on the chilly 6th day of fall, high down 2 to 52 (locally and in Martinez, coolest since February 8's 51) --
Fairfield / Pleasant Hill, 53
Danville, 48
San Ramon, 47
... composing page 13
No Exit, Op. 330
IV. Don't Look Up
