October 15 - In Search Of...

... World Music!  Well, it's all World Music, is it not!?  But, on the other hand, if we're listening / looking for folk musics from around the planet, c. 1875-1900, the Lecture-Playlist...

Music c. 1850-1900 (2. Bizet to Debussy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWdBXjIhaQ&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccnHGriVNpd-NHPFJR0ZDCU

... could be substituted / supplemented by Wikipedia and other links of your choice
(turned into original notes, of course, c. 300-500 words, as usual)... and here are some ideas...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_(composers)
(Beware!  Googling "Russian Five" will result in Hockey Players,
inspired by the older musical locution)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism#In_music
(paradoxically referring at least as much to "Near Eastern" as "Far Eastern" musics)

http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13707/1/575137.pdf
(Musical Chinoiserie - a dissertation!)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot
(re pseudo-Chinese opera by Puccini,
who also wrote a Japanese-inspired Madama Butterfly)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_von_der_Erde
(Mahler's connection to China is more literary than musical)

https://symposium.music.org/index.php/52/item/22-claude-debussys-gamelan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance
(1889 Native American Religious movement)

Music c. 1850-1900  (2a. Bizet to Tchaikovsky)
Georges Bizet, Modest Mussorgsky, Peter Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/zmWdBXjIhaQ

Music c. 1850-1900  (2b. Tchaikovsky)
Peter Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/7-gbYYbt0og

Music c. 1850-1900  (2c. Dvorak to Janacek)
Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Gabriel Faure, John Philip Sousa, Edward Elgar, Leos Janacek
https://youtu.be/-OGzpLxM8Ao

Music c. 1850-1900  (2d. Sousa to Puccini)
John Philip Sousa, Edward Elgar, Leos Janacek, Giacomo Puccini
https://youtu.be/-b-q3AjXaaE

Music c. 1850-1900  (2e. Puccini / Mahler)
Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Mahler
https://youtu.be/1Tw_L_4nTbQ

Music c. 1850-1900  (2f. Mahler / Debussy)
Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy
https://youtu.be/tm456xS2bh8


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Piling on, 'cause we just can't get enough World Music, c. 1850-1900!

Blank copy of Quiz 8 will be group-emailed today...
please fill out and submit, along w/ 2 sets of weekly Lecture Notes,
by 6pm, Friday, October 16

I am available each academic day via email and telephone (707) 474-7273 -- and Zoom on Fridays,
5pm (2211) / 8pm (9119) -- sending out group email invitation c. 15 minutes prior --
and additionally by individual appointment.


C Chromatic Scale (Up in Sharps - C, C#, etc / Down in Flats C, B, Bb...)



[N.B. we say "C-Sharp" but write the Sharp in front of note in notation - same situation w/ Flats...
No E# B# on way up, no Cb or Fb on way down
--these are cases of two white notes w/o intervening black!]


List 4 World Orchestras and their Instrumental Groupings

Chinese Orchestra
Woodwinds (Dizi Flute, Suona Oboe, Sheng Mouth Organ)
Percussion (Bianzhong Bells, Muyu Wood Blocks, Bo Cymbals, Tanggu Drums, Luo Gongs)
Plucked Strings (Zhongruan Moon Guitar, Pipa Pear Lute, Yangqin Hammered Dulcimer)
Bowed Strings (Erhu Spike Fiddle)

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

Indonesian Orchestra (Gamelan)
Flute (Suling)
Xylophones (Gambang)
Metalophones (Gender)
Drums (Kendang)
Gongs (Bonang)
Spike Fiddle (Rebab)

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

East African Xylophone Orchestra (Timbilia)
High Xylophones (Mbila)
Mid Xylophones (Dibinda)
Low Xylophones (Gulu)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone#African_xylophone


European Orchestra
Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon)
Brass (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
Percussion (Harp, Piano, Mallets, Battery, Timpani)
Strings (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Bass)

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



Listening


Uganda (Children of Wanseko) -
Polly Put the Kettle On; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; and Traditional Song (Eastern Africa)

https://youtu.be/68T5ubBjBdM

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat

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


China - Peking / Beijing Opera (Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVf9ro2MRhM

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


Mexico (Jesus Gonzalez Rubio) - Hat Dance (Jarabe Tapatio, Western America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAcWftwQNQk&list=RD0CRSIjT0sYY&index=25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Rubio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarabe_Tapat%C3%ADo


Oklahoma (Creek)- Gar Dance (Eastern America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_devq6cNVSw (@ 14:36)

https://nwr-site-liner-notes.s3.amazonaws.com/80246.pdf
(scroll down for info re both this selection and the following!)


Wyoming (Arapaho) - Rabbit Dance (Northern America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_devq6cNVSw (@ 11:12)

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


South Africa (Zulu) - Gum Boot Dance (Southern Africa)

https://youtu.be/MMkWhbPGpZA

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

To see Gumboot dancing in action, just do a video search on Google,
and all sorts of interesting videos pop up!


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Another interesting link sent by a classmate,
which may show up as a prepared listening down the line!...

Omar Khairat (b. 1948) - Fatma (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgZnESpx3s&feature=share