November 6 - Yet Fertile Ground
[Terry Riley, looking forward to his music being featured on Quiz 12 (20th-Century Music IV), Tuesday, November 12, Pleasant Hill / Wednesday, November 13, San Ramon / Friday, November 22, Late Start]
Two Classic-Rock Progressions
Three Typical Rock Bands
Piano Band
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums
Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums
Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Three Types of Jazz After Bebop
Cool
Free
Fusion
Listening
Terry Riley - In C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTn79x-mrI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Riley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecd8UJ-3wGU (practice version of score!)
Steve Reich - Octet (Eight Lines)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Steve+Reich+Octet&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1 (with score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Reich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Lines
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi: Vessels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1vu4sVYdA (from the film!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi
John Lennon - A Day in the Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM (video from filming of the orchestral recording!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life
Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: I-V
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbLRLMRiIk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_On_You_Crazy_Diamond
(N.B. Wikipedia's accounting of I-V differs from the sheet music, which will be projected in class)
John Adams - Nixon in China: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxaunpyA0g (@ 45:07)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China
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Shiva is
still ascendant (indeed Megan has a statue similar on the back porch),
vis a vis the quadrangle of Diablo Valley College San Ramon, but will look forward to the influences of Brahma and Vishnu as well as work proceeds.
Still, wonder about the resulting views, or lack thereof (relatedly true of the multiple-housing units now just south of campus at present),
but also reflect on the wonders of Week 11b with the Music Historians therein,
culminating in Twentieth Century III Quiz,
on the 215th day of summer, high down a notch to 79
Fairfield, 83
Martinez, 67
Pleasant Hill, 73
San Ramon, 77
Pinole, 68
composing page 7
No Exit, Op. 330
III. Did You Call, Sir? (page 7)