March 8 - More Romantic
C Chromatic Scale
Up - C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
Down - C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C
Instruments in a Large Orchestra
Woodwinds
[4] Flute
[4] Oboe
[4] Clarinet
[4] Bassoon
Brass
[4] Trumpet
[8] Horn
[3] Trombone
[1] Tuba
Percussion
[1-2] Harp
[1] Piano
Mallets
Battery
Timpani
Strings
[17] Violin I
[15] Violin II
[13] Viola
[11] Cello
[9] Bass
Listening
[8833] Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
[8840] Peter Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Gabriel Faure - Pavane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8PurepHxk
[8858] Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme (The Bohemians): Act II
[8860] Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1: III
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 5: I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTBrdB-1KM
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Ah, yes, the Music Historians in action taking Quiz 7 (Classical / Romantic I), with the spector of more Romanticism II on the musical horizon.
All this after making the careful way,
on the first day of summer temperatures --
whoo ha! --
high precisely 70 (also in Pleasant Hill, and the minimum for this designation),
to San Ramon (still a slightly chillier 69).
Back
via
north
and
west Blackhawk,
680
up
to
Fairfield,
making an appointment for, shall we say, standard maintenance,
and anon homeward,
via errands,
to
do instrumental parts for The Decameron: Seventh Day, Op. 262: Novel III - Fra Rinaldo lies with his gossip, and continue score-study (page 6 each) re
Charles Ives (1874-1954) - The Unanswered Question (1908)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Octet (1923)