MARK ALBURGER, 2019

September 7 - Meetings

Fresh Voices XIX (8pm, Saturday, November 23, Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA) rehearsal with Martha Cooper,

at her SF loft, specifically Mark Alburger's Poems on Crane, Op. 4, with Harriet March Page and the composer.

Also look over Ecclesiastes, Op. 3: I. Vanity, and

The Bald Soprano, Op. 94: XVIII. The Fire,

then

head out with Izzy across town to El Toro Taqueria at 17th and Valencia

for burritos,

followed by an adventure to Pacifica:

touching base with the old homestead on Clarendon,

toes

the

Pacific

the

Beach,

and

lips to warmth at Perfect Pour Cafe.

155th day of summer, high plummeting down 13 to 79...

Fairfield, 77
American Canyon, 74
Pinole, 68
Berkeley / Pacifica, 66
San Francisco, 67
San Rafael / Petaluma, 70

Compose

Macbeth, Op. 328
Act V
Scene IV. Country near Birnam wood.

[6 pages total]

upon return...

September 6 - The Walk

Double supple run with Izzy and Harriet,

on the 154th day of summer,

high down 1 to 92,

with the composition of

Macbeth, Op. 328
Act V
Scene III. Dunsinane. A room in the castle.

September 5 - Meeting

Izzy in from Seattle,

and

almost immediately

are off to the pool (2nd time for season),

on the 153rd day of summer, high down 5 to 93 -- with somehow the composition of

Macbeth, Op. 328
Act V
Scene II. The country near Dunsinane.

September 4 - Life in a Bubble

[Gregory the Great, suited up and ready to hear Gregorian Chant as part of Quiz 3 (Medieval Music I) for Diablo Valley College Music Appreciation -- Tuesday, September 10, Pleasant Hill; Wednesday, September 11, San Ramon; Friday, September 27, Late Start)

Medieval Music I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music

D Dorian, D Minor, and E Phrygian:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_minor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode

Five Items of the Mass Ordinary, in Order - with Translations and - Typical Forms:

Kyrie - Lord Have Mercy - ABA (Ternary)
Gloria - Glory - Through-Composed (ongoing composition with no particular recurring pattern)
Credo - Creed (I Believe) - Through-Composed
Sanctus (Holy) - ABCB (Verse-Chorus)
Agnus Dei - Lamb of God - AB (Binary)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_(liturgy)

Intervals from Perfect Unison to Perfect Fifth, and Number of Steps in Each:

Perfect Unison (P1) = 0 Steps
Minor Second (m2) = 1/2 Step
Major Second (M2) = 1 Step
Minor Third (m3) = 1 1/2 Steps
Major Third (M3) = 2 Steps
Perfect Fourth (P4) = 2 1/2 Steps
Tritone = 3 Steps
Perfect Fifth (P5) = 3 1/2 Steps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)

Listening:

[Identify by Composer (or Region, as given) and Title and describe
re one or more of the following catagories

Rhythm
Pitch
Dynamics
Timbre (Tone-Color)
Texture
Harmony
Form
Context]

Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BphlyIVXyWQ