Begin pdf of Missa California: Credo, Harriet takes off to the hospital to visit and ultimately collect Marek (who has recovered remarkably, makes us a delicious afternoon repast, and stays the night),
while the morning commute is accomplished under
tropically-moist skies (competing with coastal fog farther west)
that even shed a few drops on the approach to
Diablo. Already it is review day for this short Week 3 of Theory, with Dictation / Board Harmony on Nos Qui Vivimos from the Musica Enchiriadis, and a second day of talented students for Composition 1.
Return
under
the
mid-day
skyshow to detail-edit Triple Concerto: III (page 30) and The Decameron - Second Day: V (pages 11-12) grade papers, welcoming the travellers home.
Reversing
course
on
80
and
680 in even more dramatic conditions for the
evenng class, proceeding from The Trumpet of Tutankhamun through Gregorian Chant, with Quiz 2, and more ahead for Medieval Music I, mostly next week.
D Dorian
D E F G A B C D
D Minor
D E F G A Bb C D
E Phrygian
E F G A B C D E
Five Items of a Mass Ordinary
- with 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)
Number of Steps in Intervals from Perfect Unison to Perfect Fifth
P1 = 0 Steps
m2 (minor second) = 1/2 Step
M2 (Major Secone) = 1 Step
m3 = 1 1/2 Steps
M3 = 2 Steps
P4 = 2 1/2 Steps
Tritone = 3 Steps
P5 = 3 1/2 Steps
Listening
(-7000 from the page number denotes probable birth year of composer)
[7540] Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
[7682] Morocco - Lala Fatima
[8070] Latin Lyric - Song of the Ass (Orientis Partibus)
[8074] Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus (Nobilis Humilis)
[8100] India - Raga Maru Bihag
[8133] Leonin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
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Another case of over-enthusiasm in the night, by composing The Decameron - Second Day: Novel VI. "Madam Beritola Loses Two Sons And Goes To Lunigiana Where One Son Lies with her Master's Daughter" -- 25 pages total, troped on the first movement of Witold Lutoslawski's Venetian Games.
