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Friday, February 21, 2014

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014

QUOTE:
"Competitions are for horses, not artists."
AUTHOR: Bela Bartok
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Appreciation of art is individual to each person just as
 deciding which foods one likes best or clothing style
 one wants to  wear so there can be no winners or losers."


COMPOSER
HAYDN
SYMPHONY NO. 31
in D MAJOR HOB. I:31
"Hornsignal" (1765)
Charles Mackerras, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's


00:00 - I. Allegro
07:02 - II. Adagio
17:07 - III. Menuet; Trio
22:07 - IV. Finale: Moderato molto (Theme)
23:26 - (Variation 1)
24:41 - (Variation 2)
26:00 - (Variation 3)
27:10 - (Variation 4)
28:28 - (Variation 5)
29:32 - (Variation 6)
31:01 - (Variation 7)
33:08 - Presto

In May 1765 Haydn's employer,
Prince Nikolaus
employed two new horn players,
Franz Stamitz and Joseph Dietzl,
bringing the strength of the horn
section back to four, as it had been
a few years previously. Haydn took
advantage of this and wrote four
symphonies using four horns. You
might think, so what, four horns are
normal in a modern orchestra, but as
the orchestra was still quite small,
doubling the horn section to four made
a big alteration to the sound. In addition
to the normal string section, there is a
flute and two oboes.

File:Natural Horn (instrument).JPG
Natural Horn
The instrument is fitted with a series of changeable medial crooks within the outer coil, 
so that it could be played in a number of different keys.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/Hornlecture.html

Natural Horn with Crooks
Natural horn with crooks. Reproduction by LLBrown.
http://www.lipscomb.edu/windbandhistory/rhodeswindband_03_baroque.htm
GRANADA ADV. STRINGS
1.  A MAJOR SCALE: 2 8VAS
2.  NUMB
3.  VIVA LA VIDA

INTRO. TO INSTRUMENTS
GRANADA
1.  KEYBOARDS
a.  Black Keys Explanations (sharps-flats)
b.  Pentatonic Songs (songs only using black keys) Played on keyboards
2.  ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT: SHARP and FLAT WORKSHEETS

 HILLVIEW
1.  KEYBOARDS (continued from yesterday)
a.  Black Keys Explanations (sharps-flats)
b.  Pentatonic Songs (songs only using black keys) Played on keyboards

GRANADA BEG. STRINGS
1.  SCALES (G,D,A) SLURRING 2 WB
a.  Rhythm: slow-ly (dotted quarter followed by 8th)
2.  CIDER HOUSE RULES
a.  First passage note reading
b.  First passage bowing

HILLVIEW ORCHESTRA
1.  MANANITAS I
2.  MANANITAS II
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