November 30 - Clandestine


First Review Lecture!  Notes due on this (c. 300-500 words), as well as Second Review Lecture (posted 2 days from now, and that will be it for the videos!) by 6pm, Friday, December 4.  Final Exam I-II (Quiz 15-16 Worksheets, really) will be posted next Monday and Wednesday...

Mark Alburger - Music History Review (1. Athenaeus to Brahms)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxS1Yn91YRI&list=PLtV-SdP8TZce4rt8NqfZtbKPwAvoHfhir

Again, feel free to write on the lectures, or do your own research on the topics via Wikipedia and Youtube.

Constituent parts below...

Mark Alburger - Athenaeus (Athenaios Athenaiou) - First Delphic Hymn
https://youtu.be/lxS1Yn91YRI

Mark Alburger - Medieval Italy - Trotto
https://youtu.be/YXxaCcVzsEU

Mark Alburger - Josquin des Pres (de Prez / des Prez / Desprez) - Scaramella
https://youtu.be/OhdFBpJ8U6Y

Mark Alburger - J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
https://youtu.be/D99viW5AgcI

Mark Alburger - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"): IV
https://youtu.be/aCVY14g7DZA

Mark Alburger - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
https://youtu.be/Gm20xgQVKgA

November 26 - Sonic Sweets


Another cornocopia! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Pre c. 3500 B.C.E times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week, including Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Monday, November 30.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

Next Zoom (14-15) will be 2 Fridays from now (December 4)

5pm 2211
8pm 9119

an advance look at what the final week entails!

And, speaking of Zoom, you've no doubt noticed the concert poster (Opus 85) at top of blog.
Happy to offer this as an extra-credit opportunity (100 points for attending complete show),
Will be sending an invitation to all c. 1 hour prior...

Best,

Mark

***

Today's Lecture-Playlist...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

Feel free to research topics on your own as an alternative.
Here are some other links that are of relevance...

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


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

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

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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_music

The videos a breaking dance of...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

***

Information for Quiz 14 (Music c. 2000-2020)



[Ominous Listenings for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Monday, November 30 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music reflecting the World at present
(make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)




Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary --
re Rhythm, Pitch, Dynamics, Timbre, Texture, Harmony, Form, Context



Listening


England (Brian Eno, b. 1948) - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981):
Qu'ran (Western Europe / Northern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGQX6RmmgY
[N.B. this is a controversial piece -- you may substitute another selection of your choice]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)



Norway (Mari Boine, b. 1956) - Goaskinviellja
(Eagle Brother, 2009, Northern Europe, Sami Shaman Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_music


California (Mark Alburger, b. 1957) - Camino Real, Op. 110 (2004):
Block 2 (Western America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6MgReutBE

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


China (Tan Dun, b. 1957) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000):
Farewell (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CELgEyIAw

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon_(soundtrack)


Russia (Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, b. 1960) - Mountain Voice
(2015, Northern Asia, Tuvan Throat Singing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeXxK-yC1I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaigal-ool_Khovalyg

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

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


Ethiopia (Hachalu Hundessa, 1986-2020) - Maalan Jira
(What Existence Is Mine, 2015, Eastern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3he6CGF3E

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

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

November 25 - Drive On


The circle is complete! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Prehistoric times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week, including Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Monday, November 30.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

Next Zoom (14-15) will be 2 Fridays from now (December 4)

6pm 2568
7pm 8260

an advance look at what the final week entails!

And, speaking of Zoom, you've no doubt noticed the concert poster (Opus 85) at top of blog.
Happy to offer this as an extra-credit opportunity (100 points for attending complete show),
Will be sending an invitation to all c. 1 hour prior...

Best,

Mark

***

Today's Lecture-Playlist...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

As typical of late, feel free to research topics on your own as an alternative.
The videos a breaking dance of...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

***

Information for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music)


[Michael Cooke, wondering if he will be featured on Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Monday, November 30 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music (make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)


Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary (paragraph of five or more sentences)



Listening


Michael Cooke - Music for Humans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SSWqEOMwY

http://www.michaelkcooke.com/bio.html


Thomas Ades - Totentanz (Death Dance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ySgSayK8
(@4:15 - interview w/ composer re work, previous to this...)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totentanz_(Adès)


Mason Bates - The B-Sides: V. Warehouse Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ1HhvZPlg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-Sides_(composition)


Steven Price - Gravity: Debris

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Price_(composer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack


Mehdi Hosseini - The Baluch: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7IvipUYrm8

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

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


Lady Gaga - Poker Face

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(Lady_Gaga_song)

November 24 - Resolute


Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1. Sting to Wold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EYjTrJTy8&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccC6iThB-gkhL5lcLBpv_Nb

Feel free to write about above, or research these and/or other topics on Wikipedia / YouTube!

Here are some other interesting connections...

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

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

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


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

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

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

Videos constituting below...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1a. Sting to Alburger)
Sting, Oliver Knussen, Michael Daugherty, Michael Gordon, Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/E-EYjTrJTy8
(N.B. Sting Every Breath You Take blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1b. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/_tzqYgSAUlM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1c. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/y2uyHx1ZErk

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1d. Alburger to Zimmer)
Mark Alburger, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer
https://youtu.be/bsLnqyIvKpc

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1e. Zimmer to Prince)
Hans Zimmer, Salvador Brotons, Prince
https://youtu.be/rRubzSkjU2g
(N.B. Hans Zimmer Interstellar and Master Class blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (1f. Prince, Wold)
Prince, Erling Wold
https://youtu.be/7LgrbR6bibE

November 23 - Perhaps Hearing / Seeing Clearly


Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1. Sting to Wold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EYjTrJTy8&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccC6iThB-gkhL5lcLBpv_Nb

Feel free to write about above, or research same on Wikipedia / YouTube!

Videos being of sound constituants...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1a. Sting to Alburger)
Sting, Oliver Knussen, Michael Daugherty, Michael Gordon, Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/E-EYjTrJTy8
(N.B. Sting Every Breath You Take blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1b. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/_tzqYgSAUlM

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1c. Alburger)
Mark Alburger
https://youtu.be/y2uyHx1ZErk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1d. Alburger to Zimmer)
Mark Alburger, Tan Dun, Hans Zimmer
https://youtu.be/bsLnqyIvKpc

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1e. Zimmer to Prince)
Hans Zimmer, Salvador Brotons, Prince
https://youtu.be/rRubzSkjU2g
(N.B. Hans Zimmer Interstellar and Master Class blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (1f. Prince, Wold)
Prince, Erling Wold
https://youtu.be/7LgrbR6bibE

November 19 - Tabula Rasa

Up against the wall for World Music!  Here's today's Lecture-Playlist, and, below second picture, Information for Quiz 13 (Music c. 1980-2000) -- Notes (c. 300-500 words) on former and filled-in version of latter (emailing pdf blank copy presently) due by 6pm, this Friday, November 20, to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2. Waters to Sting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioCqQh7OSc&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceHSiGdZx77NTYQawaLYT9Q

As usual by now, if you'd rather research the topics via Wikipedia and YouTube, that's fine, too!
Here are some additional relevant links...

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

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

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

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

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

Videos detailed as...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2a. Waters)
Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/CioCqQh7OSc

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2b. Waters to Marley)
Roger Waters, Michael Nyman, Jimmy Page, Charles Amirkhanian, Bob Marley
https://youtu.be/PrERrST4L9A

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2c. Fripp to Adams)
Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams
https://youtu.be/W_OXmThXv58

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2d. I. Anderson to John)
Ian Anderson, David Bowie, Elton John
https://youtu.be/J189qCE81AY

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (2e. I. John to Lloyd Webber)
Elton John, Brian Eno, Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://youtu.be/O6KfElCn_e8

Mark Alburger -  (2f. Lloyd Webber to Sting)
Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Sting
https://youtu.be/Ziui12B1G9M

***


[The Dalai Lama, could Quiz 13 be in view back there in Tibet?  Worksheet, due 6pm, Friday, November 20, as pdf / jpg attachment, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Write a Passage (in Bass Clef) featuring Repetition (repeated rhythmic-pitch patterns) and
Drone (long sustained notes)






Three C Root-Position 7th Chords (in Bass Clef)


Triads (T) and 7th Intervals in 3 typical 7th Chords

                                           Triad - Major (M) or minor (m)       7th Interval (M7 or m7)

Major 7th Chord   =                         MT                          +                   M7

Dominant 7th Chord   =                    MT                          +                  m7

Minor 7th Chord    =                         mT                            +                 m7



Three Stylistic Periods after the Baroque and before Present - and Dates

 Classical                1750-1825

 Romantic               1825-1900

 20th-Century         1900-2000



Listening 


Maryland (Philip Glass, b. 1937) - Kundun, 1997 (Eastern America / Northern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siDCvpB5KiA

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

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

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-09-ca-6381-story.html

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


Mali (Ali Farka Toure, b. 1939) - Talking Timbuktu, 1994 (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUloEaR1RM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Farka_Tour%C3%A9


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

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


United Kingdom (George Harrison, 1943-2001) -
Within You Without You
, 1967 (Western Europe / Southern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsffxGyY4ck

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

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


Iran (Sima Bina, b. 1944) - Zolfaye Yarom (Persian Folk Songs, 1993):
Sabzeh (Rejuvination / New Life; Mahali Birjandi)  (Western Asia)
https://youtu.be/JBfbPVA3Vuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMbR7rcFiQ
(brief documentary / interview)

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

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


Jamaica (Bob Marley, 1945-1981) - War, 1976 (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwL3lPBQ5E

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(Bob_Marley_song)

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

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


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

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

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

November 18 - Topology


Top of the day to you, Music Appreciation!  Here's the Lecture-Playlist du jour, and, below second picture, Information for Quiz 13 (20th-Cenury Music V) -- Notes (c. 300-500 words) on former and filled-in version of latter (emailing pdf blank copy presently) due by 6pm, this Friday, November 20, to mus21stc@gmail.com...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2. Waters to Sting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioCqQh7OSc&list=PLtV-SdP8TZceHSiGdZx77NTYQawaLYT9Q

As usual by now, if you'd rather research the topics via Wikipedia and YouTube, that's fine, too!

Videos detailed as...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2a. Waters)
Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/CioCqQh7OSc

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2b. Waters to Marley)
Roger Waters, Michael Nyman, Jimmy Page, Charles Amirkhanian, Bob Marley
https://youtu.be/PrERrST4L9A

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2c. Fripp to Adams)
Robert Fripp, Howard Shore, John Adams
https://youtu.be/W_OXmThXv58

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2d. I. Anderson to John)
Ian Anderson, David Bowie, Elton John
https://youtu.be/J189qCE81AY

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2e. I. John to Lloyd Webber)
Elton John, Brian Eno, Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://youtu.be/O6KfElCn_e8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (2f. Lloyd Webber to Sting)
Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Sting
https://youtu.be/Ziui12B1G9M

***


[Variations on Themes, for Quiz 13, as a worksheet, due 6pm, Friday, November 20, as pdf / jpg attachment, to mus21stc@gmail.com or my school email]


Write a Minimalist Passage (in Bass Clef)




(Any series of notes featuring repetition)



Three C Root-Position 7th Chords (in Bass Clef)


Triads (T) and 7th Intervals in 3 typical 7th Chords

                                           Triad - Major (M) or minor (m)       7th Interval (M7 or m7)

Major 7th Chord   =                         MT                          +                   M7

Dominant 7th Chord   =                    MT                          +                  m7

Minor 7th Chord    =                         mT                            +                 m7



Three Stylistic Periods after the Baroque and before Present - and Dates

 Classical                1750-1825

 Romantic               1825-1900

 20th-Century         1900-2000



Listening 


Sting - Every Breath You Take

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(musician)

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


Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dJSGkCrxA

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

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


Tan Dun - Ghost Opera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-IoqQIJzME

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun:_Ghost_Opera


Hans Zimmer - Interstellar: Where We're Going

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGoJrE0HqqE


Prince - Darling Nikki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_FqxZLSMk
(video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnm-u4Xq9ag
(coda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)

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


Erling Wold - Sub Pontio Pilato: Credo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PCkw3yNZDQ (@ 1:33:04)

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

http://www.erlingwold.com/listofworks.html

November 17 - Alarming

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1. Glass to Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOh5T99SFN0&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccZqim8PCR5mJaSp99iY3lW

Welcome to Week 13!  Feel free to write on the above playlist, or research topics yourself,
via Wikipedia and YouTube.  Some other interesting World Music connections below

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

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

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

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

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

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

In either case, lecture notes (c. 300- 500 words) due 6pm, Friday, November 20,
to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Constituent parts of above, below...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1a. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/zOh5T99SFN0

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1b. Glass, Corigliano)
Philip Glass, John Corigliano
https://youtu.be/gDOt4tYZN44

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1c. Andriessen, Lennon)
Louis Andriessen, John Lennon
https://youtu.be/AyApArAeVKI
(N.B. Lennon Help blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1d. Lennon)
John Lennon
https://youtu.be/_1kQz5JT4oE
(N.B. Lennon A Day in the Life blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1e. Zappa to Summers)
Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Daniel Lentz, Paul McCartney, Andy Summers
https://youtu.be/79QzhKnV0Go
(N.B. Dylan All Along the Watchtower blocked)

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1980-2000 (1f. G. Harrison to Waters)
George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/q2QsCPrKxzU

November 16 - Fiery End


Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1. Glass to Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOh5T99SFN0&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccZqim8PCR5mJaSp99iY3lW

Welcome to Week 13!  Feel free to write on the above playlist, or research topics yourself,
via Wikipedia and YouTube.

In either case, lecture notes (c. 300- 500 words) due 6pm, Friday, November 20,
to mus21stc@gmail.com.

Constituent parts of above, below...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1a. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/zOh5T99SFN0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1b. Glass, Corigliano)
Philip Glass, John Corigliano
https://youtu.be/gDOt4tYZN44

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1c. Andriessen, Lennon)
Louis Andriessen, John Lennon
https://youtu.be/AyApArAeVKI
(N.B. Lennon Help blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1d. Lennon)
John Lennon
https://youtu.be/_1kQz5JT4oE
(N.B. Lennon A Day in the Life blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1e. Zappa to Summers)
Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Daniel Lentz, Paul McCartney, Andy Summers
https://youtu.be/79QzhKnV0Go
(N.B. Dylan All Along the Watchtower blocked)

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music V (1f. G. Harrison to Waters)
George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters
https://youtu.be/q2QsCPrKxzU

November 12 - Rainbow Bandit

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2. Riley to Glass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7enCsoyQU&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcdfQQy7sCQugeVfcxJxj43c

Once again, feel free to listen to / watch videos -- or, alternately, write on subjects, with the assistance of Wikipedia and YouTube...

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)

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

Plan A, entailing...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2a. Riley)
Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/4S7enCsoyQU

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2b. Riley to Young)
Terry Riley, Peter Schickele, La Monte Young
https://youtu.be/4w11uIfZ1Ck

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2c. Young to Reich)
La Monte Young, Richard Berry, Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/m5Mo8a_YEZk

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2d. Reich)
Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/_qHOkoTUdgg

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2e. Reich to Glass)
Steve Reich, Billy Roberts, Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/DUz1Q5C_Wg8

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (2f. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/dXfMf78a488

***


[You never know where the musical influences will be found for Quiz 12 (Music c. 1960-1980), worksheet due -- along w/ all notes -- 6pm, Friday, November 13, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


Key Signature and Chords of C Minor (in Bass Clef!),
with Letter Names and Roman Numerals




Three Typical Rock Bands

Piano Band

Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums


Three Later Types of Jazz and Characterizations

Cool - A calmer, intellectual variant of Bebop
Free - Improvisational style influenced by Indeterminant and Non-Western Musics
Fusion - Combinations of Jazz with Rock and Minimal Musics



Listening


Congo (Guido Haazen, 1921-2004) / Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin) -
Missa Luba (1959): I. Kyrie (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXO6nmWecY

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


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



India (T.M. Soundararajan, 1922-2013 / Pulapaka Susheela / Bollywood Film Music) -
Galatta Kalyanam (Riotous Marriage, 1969): II. Engal Kalyanam (Our Wedding, Southern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBImorqORj0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._M._Soundararajan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Susheela

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

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



Finland (Einojuani Rautavaara, 1928-2016) -
Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Orchestra and Birds), 1972 (Eastern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO3YRZWLvQo

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

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

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



Zambia (Kasai / Tonga Singers b. c. 1934)  -
Traditional Song / Work Song (1972, Southern Africa)
https://youtu.be/WjB5H_q0aE8

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


California (Terry Riley, b. 1935) -
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (1968,Western America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgIT5xh1nJE

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

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


New York (Steve Reich, b. 1936) -
Tehillim (Psalms)
, 1981 (Eastern America / Western Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf2qDuMyWHg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehillim_(Reich)

November 11 - Trying to Find a Calm Center


Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2. Riley to Glass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7enCsoyQU&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcdfQQy7sCQugeVfcxJxj43c

Once again, feel free to listen to / watch videos -- or, alternately, write on subjects, with the assistance of Wikipedia and YouTube...

Plan A, entailing...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2a. Riley)
Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/4S7enCsoyQU

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2b. Riley to Young)
Terry Riley, Peter Schickele, La Monte Young
https://youtu.be/4w11uIfZ1Ck

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2c. Young to Reich)
La Monte Young, Richard Berry, Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/m5Mo8a_YEZk

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2d. Reich)
Steve Reich
https://youtu.be/_qHOkoTUdgg

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2e. Reich to Glass)
Steve Reich, Billy Roberts, Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/DUz1Q5C_Wg8

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (2f. Glass)
Philip Glass
https://youtu.be/dXfMf78a488

***


[Terry Riley, serene, at least here, for Quiz 12 (20th-Century Music IV), worksheet due -- along w/ all notes -- 6pm, Friday, November 13, to mus21stc@gmail.com]


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, below...



     [Parts I-II are shown complete]



     [Parts III-IV are multi-page, the latter beginning with keyboard solo]


     [Part V begins with the entrance of voices]


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

November 10 - More Sound and Light

Just remembered this line from Philip Glass's Akhnaten: "The Sun has set on he who knew thee not oh Amun, but as for he who knows thee he shines"

We hereby claim the below playlist...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1. Boulez to Riley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbpYpf1MnCA&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd-QeUFqiKNG4TUCN6Yz3PJ

But, instead of above, feel free to check out Wikipedia and YouTube Links, such as...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And, if you're going for the videos, we hereby delineate them as...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1a. Boulez, Schuller)
Pierre Boulez, Gunther Schuller
https://youtu.be/JbpYpf1MnCA

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1b. Schuller to Fried)
Gunther Schuller, Chuck Berry, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Gerald Fried
https://youtu.be/_gw60Jr1zcM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1c. Bock to Crumb)
Jerry Bock, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Crumb
https://youtu.be/gEoX8_aeMeE

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1d. Crumb)
George Crumb
https://youtu.be/AILCs-wxC-M

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1960-1980 (1e. Crumb, Goldsmith)
George Crumb, Jerry Goldsmith
https://youtu.be/Uzdnvlldqm4

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1f. Goldsmith to Riley)
Jerry Goldsmith, Edwin London, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Herman, Mauricio Kagel, Lalo Schifren,
Krzysztof Penderecki, Mike Stoller, Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/WaVsX08mT7E

November 9 - Enlightening


The Age of Darkness is over (or, at least beginning to end)!  Let the light shine!

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1. Boulez to Riley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbpYpf1MnCA&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd-QeUFqiKNG4TUCN6Yz3PJ

Details of above, below...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1a. Boulez, Schuller)
Pierre Boulez, Gunther Schuller
https://youtu.be/JbpYpf1MnCA

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1b. Schuller to Fried)
Gunther Schuller, Chuck Berry, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Gerald Fried
https://youtu.be/_gw60Jr1zcM

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1c. Bock to Crumb)
Jerry Bock, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Crumb
https://youtu.be/gEoX8_aeMeE

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1d. Crumb)
George Crumb
https://youtu.be/AILCs-wxC-M

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1e. Crumb, Goldsmith)
George Crumb, Jerry Goldsmith
https://youtu.be/Uzdnvlldqm4

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music IV (1f. Goldsmith to Riley)
Jerry Goldsmith, Edwin London, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Herman, Mauricio Kagel, Lalo Schifren,
Krzysztof Penderecki, Mike Stoller, Terry Riley
https://youtu.be/WaVsX08mT7E

November 5 - Perhaps Not Singing the Blues


Greetings in hope!

Feel free to listen to / watch the video playlist below to fulfill the c. 300-500 word Notes requirement -- or, as a second option, you can research the content of the playlists on Wikipedia, YouTube, etc., and provide your own interpretation of the material!

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2. Hovhaness to Berio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QopGwr80g&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcci9Ll1MgpdChLtcPoTQIvf

re latter option (and you can mix-n-max), including...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The constinuent parts o' videos...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2a. Hovhaness to Cage)
Alan Hovhaness, Robert Johnson, Jan Koetsier, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Cage
https://youtu.be/t3QopGwr80g

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2b. Cage)
John Cage
https://youtu.be/MN-QNdc5Ut4

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2c. Cage to Britten)
John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, Benjamin Britten
https://youtu.be/lkSFYugn0Xw

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2d. Britten to Bernstein)
Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutoslawski, Willie Dixon, Carlos Surinach, Alberto Ginastera,
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Bernstein
https://youtu.be/xPlLr--bQl0

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2e. Bernstein to Arnold)
Leonard Bernstein, George Rochberg, Bobby Troup, Alexander Courage, Malcolm Arnold
https://youtu.be/2acYaT_6dBM

Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2f. Piazzolla to Berio)
Astor Piazzolla, Nelson Riddle, Elmer Bernstein, Neal Hefti, Iannis Xenakis, Gyorgy Ligeti
Paul Desmond, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Leonard Rosenman, Luciano Berio
https://youtu.be/IXtPQAa-PGk

***


[John Cage, overjoyed about being featured on Quiz 11 (Music c. 1940-1960) -- take-home worksheet, due back as an attached pdf or jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com (or my school email), by 6pm, Friday, ... which is, of course, also turn-in time for Notes (c. 300-500 words) on Lecture-Playlist or Wikipedia / YouTube original in-your-own-words research]


Write your own 4-Note Passage (Prime), followed by its Retrograde (Backwards), 
Inversion (Upside-Down), and Retrograd-Inversion (Backwards Upside-Down)



Example:

Prime: DEAG
Retrograde: GADE (the above backwards)
Inversion: DCGA (start with first note of Prime,
                                    inverting intervals... D to E is a 2nd up, in Prime
                                                               so, D to C is a 2nd down, in Inversion, etc.
Retrograde-Inversion: AGCD (backwards of the Inversion)
     


Instrumentation of Three Styles of Jazz (Oldest to Most Recent - c. 1920 - 1950)

             Dixieland                             Swing                          Bebop
             (New-Orleans Style)            (Big Band)                  (Bop)

[Horns]  [1-2] Clarinet(s)                  [4-5] Saxophones        Saxophone
              [1-2] Trumpet(s)                  [4-5] Trumpets           Trumpet
               Trombone                           [4-5] Trombones         Trombone

Rhythm  Banjo                                  Guitar                          Guitar
               Piano                                   Piano                          Piano
               Bass [Tuba]                         Bass                            Bass
               Drums                                  Drums                        Drums



Listening


Virginia (Joe Garland, 1903-1977) - In the Mood (1938, Eastern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXwkWVEIIw

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

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

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

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


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


Armenia / Georgia (Aram Khachaturian, 1903-1978) - Gayane (1942): Sabre Dance (Western Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL357YnFr2DIp_roU8aoVc71B8t5oOJNKW&v=mUQHGpxrz-8

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayane_(ballet)

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Georgia_(country)


Hungary (Miklos Rozsa, 1907-1995) - Ben Hur (1959): Rowing of the Galley Slaves (Eastern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYrmcQoovmI
(with condensed Score and Film!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_R%C3%B3zsa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)#Musical_score

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


California (John Cage, 1912-1992) - Sonatas and Interludes (1948): Sonata V (Western America)
https://youtu.be/MN-QNdc5Ut4
(@ 6:47, with Score!)

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

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

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


Argentina (Alberto Ginastera, 1916-1983) - Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1956):
I. Allegro guisto (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CJk32SOMU
(with Score!)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_Concerto_(Ginastera)

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


Ghana / Nigeria (1920) - Highlife Music (Nyakrom Brass Band, 1974) /
Highlife Improvisation  (1972, Western Africa)
https://youtu.be/kstBJ2_fQ24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJMdihXbZw
(Live Performance, 2010!)

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


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

November 4 - Mapping Out the Future...


Greetings in these uncertain times!

Feel free to listen to / watch the video playlist below to fulfill the c. 300-500 word Notes requirement -- or, as a second option, you can research the content of the playlists on Wikipedia, YouTube, etc., and provide your own interpretation of the material!

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2. Hovhaness to Berio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QopGwr80g&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcci9Ll1MgpdChLtcPoTQIvf

The constinuent parts...

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2a. Hovhaness to Cage)
Alan Hovhaness, Robert Johnson, Jan Koetsier, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Cage
https://youtu.be/t3QopGwr80g

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2b. Cage)
John Cage
https://youtu.be/MN-QNdc5Ut4

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2c. Cage to Britten)
John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, Benjamin Britten
https://youtu.be/lkSFYugn0Xw

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2d. Britten to Bernstein)
Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutoslawski, Willie Dixon, Carlos Surinach, Alberto Ginastera,
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Bernstein
https://youtu.be/xPlLr--bQl0

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2e. Bernstein to Arnold)
Leonard Bernstein, George Rochberg, Bobby Troup, Alexander Courage, Malcolm Arnold
https://youtu.be/2acYaT_6dBM

Mark Alburger - 20th-Century Music III (2f. Piazzolla to Berio)
Astor Piazzolla, Nelson Riddle, Elmer Bernstein, Neal Hefti, Iannis Xenakis, Gyorgy Ligeti
Paul Desmond, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Leonard Rosenman, Luciano Berio
https://youtu.be/IXtPQAa-PGk

***


[John Cage, in Zen complacency about not being featured on Quiz 11 (20th-Century Music III) -- take-home worksheet, due back as an attached pdf or jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com (or my school email), by 6pm, Friday, ... which is, of course, also turn-in time for Notes (c. 300-500 words) on Lecture-Playlist or Wikipedia / YouTube original in-your-own-words research]


Write your own 4-Note Passage (Prime), followed by its Retrograde (Backwards), 
Inversion (Upside-Down), and Retrograd-Inversion (Backwards Upside-Down)



Example:

Prime: DEAG
Retrograde: GADE (the above backwards)
Inversion: DCGA (start with first note of Prime,
                                    inverting intervals... D to E is a 2nd up, in Prime
                                                               so, D to C is a 2nd down, in Inversion, etc.
Retrograde-Inversion: AGCD (backwards of the Inversion)
     


Instrumentation of Three Styles of Jazz (Oldest to Most Recent - c. 1920 - 1950)

             Dixieland                             Swing                          Bebop
             (New-Orleans Style)            (Big Band)                  (Bop)

[Horns]  [1-2] Clarinet(s)                  [4-5] Saxophones        Saxophone
              [1-2] Trumpet(s)                  [4-5] Trumpets           Trumpet
               Trombone                           [4-5] Trombones         Trombone

Rhythm  Banjo                                  Guitar                          Guitar
               Piano                                   Piano                          Piano
               Bass [Tuba]                         Bass                            Bass
               Drums                                  Drums                        Drums



Listening


Samuel Barber - Second Essay for Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34NThn0cZE8

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Essay_for_Orchestra_(Barber)


Alan Hovhaness - And God Created Great Whales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgESUPnCQ5o

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

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


Benjamin Britten - War Requiem: II. Dies Irae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwBEtfXXsvU (@ 16:30)
(Britten conducts!)

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

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


Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23 / 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1axCTkIfP9Q (@ 3:40)

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

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


Pierre Boulez - Le Marteau sans Maitre (The Masterless Hammer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fmr08vTFDs

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

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


George Crumb - Black Angels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etHtCVeU4-I

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Angels_(Crumb)