Up absurdly early and out to rendezvous with Marty Rokeach, chez lui, re the upcoming Perceiving the Performing Arts course at St. Mary's, so down
680 in the low
fog
past
familiar
yet ever-Heraclitianly-different
haunts to
Martinez, turning at the John Muir House,
under 24 and the
railroad, to a quiet
side street,
where early arrival allows the
exploration of the local hills and
residents,
ascending
ever closer,
shivering
in the
half light.
A wonderful meeting and afterwards flying
back towards Diablo Valley College, greeting Doug for the first time this year, and recording
Tritone-Orchestra version of
Magnificat:
IV. Omnes generationes
V. Quia fecit mihi magna
VI. Et misericordia
Home anon, delighted to touch base with old Swarthmore College roommate Dave Schaffer, who continues teaching Economics at University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (have also heard recently from Springfield High lawyer chum Don Gosnay and old Weber State compatriot Thom Wubbenhorst, now director of percussion at University of Maine). As Harriet and I settle into the good night, there's time to orchestrate a second page of VII. Fecit potentiam, and update markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com with material for Perceiving in the Arts, proposing seven class meetings and pieces for concerted listening during the course of the semester, plus the final, as
Session 1. - Prehistoric / Ancient Music (before c. 400)
Yurok - Women's Brush Dance
Session 2 - Medieval Music (c. 400-1400)
Morocco - Lala Fatima
Session 3 - Renaissance Music (c. 1400-1600)
Josquin des Pres - El Grillo
Session 4 - Baroque Music (c. 1600-1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little")
Session 5 - Classical Music (c. 1750-1825)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5: I
Session 6 - Romantic Music (c. 1825-1900)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet
Session 7 - Contemporary Music I (c. 1900-1975)
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring: Dances of the Adolescents
Music Exam - Contemporary Music II (c. 1975-present)
Mystery Selection
