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Thursday, February 21, 2013

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013

QUOTE:
“A good composer does not imitate; he steals.”
AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“There are no new ideas only old ones which are combined to form new combinations. The
   better composers study the music of many others giving them a larger selection of ideas to
   use.”





COMPOSER 
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

"Song of India" from the opera Sadko
Stage Design For the Opera "Sadko" 1901 by 


THE STORY OF THE OPERA "SADKO"

Sadko is a Russian fairy tale opera in three acts which tells the story of Sadko, a gusli (an old Russian multi-string plucked instrument similar to a psaltery) player, who played his instrument on the shores of a lake.  The Sea Tsar appeared to express his gratitude. On his advice, he made a bet with the local merchants about a fish in the lake; then he caught it, and they had to pay the bet, making him a rich merchant.
"Gusli musicians" by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1899

He traded on the seas with his new wealth, but one day, his ships stopped in the sea and would not move. They tried to appease the Sea Tsar with gold, but finally Sadko had to jump into the sea. He played the gusli for the Sea Tsar, who offered him a new bride, the daughter of the King and Queen of the Ocean. On advice, he took the last maiden in a long line. He later woke up on the shore and rejoined his wife Lubava and home in Novgorod (one of the most important historic cities in Russia).

Painting of Sadko by Andrei Ryabushkin

Sadko (full opera)

GENERAL MUSIC
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS (to be turned in tomorrow)
02.  ALLEY CAT (LEFT-RIGHT) RHYTHMIC PERFORMANCE USING HAND-HELD PERCUSSION
........a.  DISCUSSED ORCHESTRATION TO ALLOW FOR CONTRAST
........b.  DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE NOTES OF THE CHART WERE GIVEN TO DIFFERENT                        INSTRUMENTS
........c.  STUDENTS ASSIGNED DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS (COLORS OF RHYTHMS ON THE                         CHART) TO PLAY
........d.  EVERYONE COUNTS AS DONE BEFORE WHEN PERFORMING THIS PIECE WITH BODY                    PERCUSSION BUT THIS TIME STUDENTS ARE TO ONLY PLAY THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH              HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE DIFFERENT COLORS

ADV. STRINGS
01.  CABALITO
02.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW

BEG. STRINGS
01.  WARM-UP: TWINKLE: W.B. G+D/D+A/A+E 
........a.  USE HUCKLEBERRY HOUND DOG RHYTHM
02.  LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a.  PIECED TOGETHER ALL 3 SECTIONS 
03.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (HARMONY)
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