June 21 - Brisk Business


Much cooler --


highs only in the low 70's in the local area,


and lower elsewhere and earlier -- brisking down the highway to


Diablo,


where eagerly await the


Music Historians for Quiz 2, and material beyond, including



D Dorian
D E F G A B C

D Minor
D E F G A Bb C

E Phrygian
E F G A B C D E

Number of steps in intervals from Perfect Unison to a Perfect 5th (via Majors and minors)
P1 = 0 steps
m2 = 1/2 step
M2 = 1 step
m3 = 1 1/2 steps
M3 = 2
P4 = 2 1/2
Tritone = 3
P5 = 3 1/2

5 Items in a Mass Ordinary (plus translations) - and typical forms
Kyrie (Lord Have Mercy) - Ternary (ABA)
Gloria (Glory) - Through-composed
Credo (Creed) - Through-composed
Sanctus (Holy) - Verse-Chorus (ABCB)
Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) - Binary (AB)

Listening
Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
India - Raga Maru Bihag
Leonin - Hec Dies




Return through


clearing skies to Harriet, who's off to the first performance of Kurt Weill's Happy End tonight, while the daily compositional / orchestrational / "pdf-inal" endeavors continue as:

Psalms, Book IV, Op. 202 - Psalm 98  - 9th system
The Decameron - Second Day, Op. 203 - page 16
Double Piano Concerto ("Fellow Travellers"), Op. 204 - 22
Violin Concerto ("Ticklish") - 58
San Timoteo Can[yon]tata - 2