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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013

QUOTE:
“Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.”
AUTHOR: John Philip Sousa
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The style of jazz is meant to be felt through movement; that is what 
   attracts people to it.”










COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV


Procession of the Nobles

Procession of the Nobles from “Mlada” (1892)
"Procession of the Nobles" (the introduction to Act II of Rimsky-Korsakov's four-act opera “Mlada”) arranged for an enlarged orchestra, depicts the formal entrance of the local nobility into a lavish reception with an opening brass fanfare providing the pomp and the woodwinds the regal flourishes that embellish this work. The opera itself is based on a text from Slavic mythology around the ninth or tenth century set in a region on the Baltic Sea which was known for the daring of its warriors and their elegant white Arab steeds. Rimsky-Korsakov described this opera as“experimental” when he composed it in 1889 (the solo heroine’s role is performed by a ballerina and not sung at all) and was the first work of his to show the influence of Richard Wagner, who affected so many composers of the time. Although the opera was unsuccessful, the "Procession of Nobles" from it has been enjoyed by audiences since its first introduction and still popular today. It was even used as the theme music for a long-running show on PBS’s public affairs program,  Inside Washington.



GENERAL MUSIC:
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS (continued)
........a.  DISCUSSED HOW TO START THE MUSIC ALPHABET WORD LIST (THE NEXT                                   WORKSHEET)
02.  RECORDER
........a.  WARM-UP: ECHO RHYTHMS WITH FINGERS T1/T12/T123 IN STEPWISE MOTION                                FORWARDS and BACKWARDS
........b.   RECORDER SONG #1:  UN BERGERE (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER NOTES USING FINGERING T1
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
..............4)  DISCUSSION ON WHERE TO BREATHE (USE OF COMMAS) and PHRASING
........c.   RECORDER SONG #2:  KOOKABURRA (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
........d.   RECORDER SONG #3:  ALLEY ALLEY O (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1/T12
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
........e.   RECORDER SONG #4:   LUCERNE TO WEGGIS (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1/T12
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
........f.   RECORDER SONG #5:  HOT CROSS BUNS (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1/T12/T123

ADV. STRINGS
01.  LOS MACHETES
02.  HOUDINI

BEG. STRINGS
01.  WARM-UP: OPEN STRING 1 OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES SLURRING 4 NOTES PER W.B.
02.  LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a.  COMPLETED PART 3
..............1)  WORKED ON BOWING
03.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW