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Monday, March 17, 2014

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

QUOTE:
"The history of a people is found in its songs."
AUTHOR: George Jellinek
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Man leaves behind his history through art.”















COMPOSER
ROSSINI

SEMIRAMIDE

OVERTURE

SEMIRAMIDE

OVERTURE
Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Wiener Philarmoniker

Semiramide is an opera in two acts by
Gioachino Rossini. The libretto
by Gaetano Rossi is based
on Voltaire's
François-Marie Arouet,
or Voltaire


tragedy Semiramis,
which in turn was based on
the legend of Semiramis
of Babylon.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiramide)
Edgar Degas: Semiramis Building Babylon, 1861

noted for her beauty
and wisdom. She was reputed to
have conquered many lands and
founded the city of Babylon.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
After a long and 
prosperous reign she
vanished from earth in
the shape of a dove



and was thereafter 
worshiped as a deity,
acquiring many of 
the characteristics of

ishtar goddess of love
File:Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon (1624).jpg
Giovanni Francesco BarbieriSemiramis hearing of the insurrection at Babylon by, 1624 
LINKS

GRANADA ADV. STRINGS
1.  SHIFTING THE SCALE ON EACH STRING
a.  Fingering 12..12..12.. UP and DOWN with guide notes
2.  ELEANOR RIGBY
a. Extensive first section
3.  IMAGINE
4.  BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS

INTRO. TO INSTRUMENTS
1. AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR ESSAY
a.  Completed and turned in
2.  KEYBOARD RECITALS
a.  Completed

GRANADA BEG. STRINGS
1.  SCALES: A, E, B Major
a.  New Pattern: 1 2 34
b.  Separate Bows UH/LH
2.  BILE EM' CABBAGES
a.  Worked on passage with "strawberry rhythm (1/8--1/16--1/16)
b.  Played piece as whole

HILLVIEW ORCHESTRA
1.  VIVA LA VIDA