Make it almost up to Josquin des Pres in the Renaissance in the History class,
through Conrad Pauman (i.e. not so far) and beginning triadic harmony in Theory.
Skies smokier (which doesn't prevent another bike to the pool -- not surprisingly totally absent of other clientele), more placement of sound files in late Renaissance Music History blog pages (markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com), + page 3 Mice and Men Act V Scene 2 C prepared for publication.
Compositions in Theory today -- fine pieces by Curtis and Mike (the latter on guitar, assisted by Chris), plus Antigone: V. Where Is Your Pain? and
XVIII. The Fire from
The Bald Soprano, both of which (the pieces, rather than above personages) will be on The Red Horse show, 8pm tomorrow, at St. Gregory of Nyssa, 500 De Haro Street, San Francisco, with more info at markalburgerevents.blogspot.com.
Next is dictation from Philip Glass's Akhnaten,
the Duet with Nefertiti: chromatic palindromic bassline
E: Sol Le La Le Sol
with the common-tone-madness harmony of
I64 bVIM7 viho7 bVIM7 I64
In the lab thereafter, adding soundfiles to --
Op. 76 ANIMAL FARM (March 10, 1999; New Music, 1999) Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations for Chamber Orchestra (1111 1111, 1 perc, pf, strings)
-- as below, in parts A and D
A. Cold-Blooded
I. Wasps
II. Flies
III. Spiders
IV. Crabs
V. Sharks
VI. Frogs
VII. Turtles
VIII. Snakes
B. Birds
IX. Penguins X. Ducks XI. Swans XII. Eagles XIII. Seagulls XIV. Chickens XV. Nightingales XVI. Cuckoos
C. Mammals I
XVII. Platypusses XVIII. Kangaroos XIX. Mice XX. Squirrels XXI. Whales XXII. Bears XXIII. Cats XXIV. Lions
Mark Alburger (b. 1957, Upper Darby, PA) is an award-winning, eclectic ASCAP composer of postminimal, postpopular, and postcomedic sensibilities. He is Music Director of San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco Cabaret Opera, Editor-Publisher of 21st-Century Music and New Music, and Professor Emeritus in Music Theory and Literature at Diablo Valley College. His principal teachers were Gerald Levinson, Joan Panetti, and James Freeman at Swarthmore College (B.A.); Jules Langert at Dominican University (M.A.); Christopher Yavelow at Claremont University (Ph.D.); and Terry Riley. Dr. Alburger has composed 406 major works over the past 48 years, including chamber music, concertos, oratorios, operas, song cycles, and symphonies. His complete catalogue is being issued on discs from New Music. Alburger's multiple blogs include: markalburger.blogspot.com,
markalburger2022.blogspot.com,
markalburgerworks.blogspot.com, markalburgerevents.blogspot.com, markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.
com, 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com
