Pdf of Missa California: Sanctus (page 6) and the detail-edit of The Decameron - Second Day: VI (pages 19-21),
before
the
inevitable
beautiful
commute
down to DVC, rendezvousing with the Theoreticians for a review of Week 5 material: Triadic Harmony, with musical examples drawn from Josquin des Pres (El Grillo and Scaramella), Costanzo Festa, Henry VIII, Louis Borgeois, Thomas Morley, and Claudio Monteverdi. Just about finish Composition I presentations -- all very fine --
then
back to the homefront to deal with SFCCO issues and grade papers,
returning
in the
burnished
evening
light
for a
Music History romp through late Medieval times,
looking ahead as above and below:
A Natural Minor
A B C D E F G A
A Harmonic Minor
A B C D E F G# A
Chords in C Major
C Dm Em F G Am Bdim C
Roman Numerals in Any Major Scale
I ii iii IV V vi viio I
Three Periods of Music History After Ancient and Before Classical (and Approximate Dates)
Medieval (400-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Baroque (1600-1750)
Chord Types in a Major Scale - and Constituent 3rds and 5ths
Major Chord = Major 3rd + Perfect 5th
Minor Chord = Minor 3rd + Perfect 5th
Diminished Chord = Minor 3rd + Diminished 5th
Listening:
[8400] Giles Binchois - Files a Marier (Don't Marry)
[8415] Conrad Paumann - Mit Ganczem Willen (With My Whole Heart)
[8450] Josquin des Pres - El Grillo (The Cricket)
[8491] Henry VIII - Pastime with Good Company
[8525] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie (Pope Marcellus Mass)
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More late-night Varese Octandre study (pages 3-4) and composition re DSD: IX (11-12).
