February 7 - Spaceship Music

[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 -- Wednesday, February 12, San Ramon; Thursday, February 13, and Friday, February 21 [rescheduled!], Pleasant Hill)


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

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

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

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


Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zciDnkMjfE

https://wikihost.uib.no/medieval/index.php/Sanctus_Magnus_dux


India - Raga Maru Bihag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7-D29IxHQo

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

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


Leonin - Hec Dies (The Is the Day)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8133/01/leonin-c-1133-1190.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léonin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jchG88GvZ8Y

(alternate version - slow w/ inexplicable added melodic note)
(N.B. Haec Dies is the more proper spelling... Hec an early Medieval variant)

***

The resolute Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Friday Music Historians receives Quiz 2 Ancient Music,

after which there are academic errands and

more footsteps on the Coast Range section of the Pony Express Trail,

at the moment from Laguna Creek Junction Parking

to

South Gore,

looping north around the Curved Hypotenuse,

returning southwest

to

point of origin, on this 34th day of spring, high again 67 (Fairfield / Martinez / Pleasant Hill, 69),

beginning composition re

No Exit, Op. 330
    XI.  I'm Here Because

and posting

Helena Suite, Op. 44 (1992) on the

International Music Score LIbrary Project...

February 6 - Taking Care

Medical appointment in Dixon re health insurance,

looks iffy,

and off to

DVC for the Tuesday-Thursday Music Historians, following Owen's Theory class,

then back to the Coast Range Pony Express Route,

presently northeast from Laguna Creek Parking to

Three Mailbox Junction,

on the 33rd day of spring, high up 3 to 67 (locally and in Fairfield / Martinez),

with Pleasant Hill at 66 -- finishing

No Exit, Op. 330
    X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror

[21 pages total]

February 5 - Dilligence

Quiz 2 (Ancient Music) for the DVC San Ramon Historians,

out thereafter for another walk north on the San-Ramon-to-Pleasant-Hill-Western-Route, via Green Valley from Kimberwicke to the GV Trailhead --

then driving on for a turnaround at the Mt Diablo State Park Macedo Ranch Access,

this being the 32nd day of spring, high back up 6 to 64 (locally and in Danville)

Farifield, 68
Martinez, 63
Pleasant Hill, 65
San Ramon, 59

with the composition of

No Exit, Op. 330
    X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror (page 20)

February 4 - Greetings

Ancient enthusiams for the Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Music Historians,

preceeded by biding-awhile in Owen's class,

and followed with Act II of Waiting for the Camera Repair Specialist at Vallejo Repair All,

then off for more sucessful errands,

on the 31st day of spring, high up 2 to 58

Fairfield / Martinez, 59
Pleasant Hill / Pinole, 57
Vallejo, 60

Composition re

No Exit, Op. 330
    X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror (page 19)

follows, as does

registering Lot in Life, Op. 36 (1988) on ASCAP,

posting Deploration Passacaglias, Op. 42 on

IMSLP and

discovering the Mark Alburger page on Discogs...

February 3 - Pasts and Futures

Ancient Music for the DVC San Ramon Historians,

followed by a

dash cross-counties to

Vallejo Repair All, but alas our specialist is not here today (but surely tomorrow), and more bad news

as the Impeachment Trial does not seem to be heading towards conviciton... on this 30th day of spring, high down 4 to 56 (locally and in Pleasant Hill)

Fairfield / Martinez, 57
Danville, 53
San Ramon, 54
Pinole / Vallejo, 58

... to compose page 18

No Exit, Op. 330
    X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror

February 2 - Spectrum

A journey much akin to

yesterday's, though darker --

Pony Express analog from Jahn-Silveyville Junction south to

Stop Sign Alert --

29th day of spring, high also going south 10 to 60 (57 in Dixon), with the composition o'

No Exit, Op. 330
    X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror (page 17)

registering Missa California, Op. 35 (1988) with ASCAP and posting

Westminster Tropes, Op. 42 (1991)

on the International Music Score Library Project...

February 1 - Wide Open

Nunes to

Jahn, and the Sacramento Valley continuation of the

Pony Express Trail 'proximate, walking north on the latter from Red Barn Border to

Silveyville Stop Alert,

on the 28th day of spring, high down 1 to 68 (64 in Dixon),

composition re

No Exit, Op. 330
    X.  Let Me Be Your Mirror (page 16)