C Melodic Minor Scale (Key Signature of 3 Flats - Bb, Eb, Ab)
Ascending
C D Eb F G A-Natural B-Natural C
Descending
C Bb Ab G F Eb D C
Four Movements of a Generic Symphony - and Typical Forms
Exposition Development Recapitulation
I. Sonata Allegro - A B A'
a b a' b'
II. Theme and Variations A A' A'' ... (etc.)
III. Dance and Trio A B A
aa bb cc dd a b
IV. Rondo ABACAB (or ABACABA or variants)
Three Stylistic Periods - and Characterizations for
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Early - Classical
Middle - Typical
Late - Romantic
Listening
[8732] F.J. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II
[8756] W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III
[8770] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5: I
[8803] Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet
[8813] Richard Wagner - Gotterdammerung: Finale
(Twilight of the Gods)
***
Suspicions are true -- they have closed the U.S. Geological Survey Map Store in Menlo Park (under Barack Obama's watch, ironically, late last year), and replaced it with a dreaded Homeland Security Office (the 1984 organization begun by that not-so-great-criminal, compared to today: George W. Bush)...
Before
this,
down
to
join
the
Music Historians for a spin through music of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel,
then
off
to
the Peninsula to confirm the bad news.
After, lunch at Jason's, and a spin,
via Stanford and
Woodside, up to Skyline Drive,
looking over Purisima Creek Redwoods,
and
onward
to
the monthly San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Board meeting, then homeward to compose Ezra Pounds, Op. 263: I. Exile / Return (Ezra / Nehemiah), page 13 and continue orchestration of the Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo in C Major, Op. 51 -- as Op. 264, system 3...
17th day of spring, high 66, tying 2nd with February 11-12 as the second-highest of year, surpassed only by 2/14's 68...
San Ramon, 63
Pleasant Hill, 65
Pinole / San Francisco, 62
Menlo Park, 64
