We elect to go on... Classical and Early Romantic... with Later (the selections referencing Opus 46 and 47 repertory), as below...
C Chromatic Scale (up in Sharps, down in Flats)
(N.B. we say, and write in letters "C-Sharp", which is written in staff notation as "Sharp, followed by the note value)
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C
Generic Large Late Romantic Orchestra [optional info for your edification]
[4] Flutes [one doubling Piccolo]
[4] Oboes [one doubling English Horn]
[4] Clarinets [one doubling Piccolo Clarinet and/or Bass Clarinet]
[4] Bassoons [one doubling Contrabassoon]
[4] Trumpets
[8] [French] Horns
[3] Trombones
[1] Tuba
[1-2] Harp[s]
Piano [and/or Organ]
Mallets [or Mallet Percussion - i.e. Bells, Vibraphone, Chimes, Xylophone, Marimba]
Battery [Triangle, Cymbals, Snare / Tenor / Bass Drums - all making indeterminate "noise"]
Timpani [a.k.a. Kettle Drums, tuned to spcific pitches, changing from piece to piece]
[17] Violin I
[15] Violin II
[13] Viola
[11] Cello
[9] Bass [a.k.a. Bass Fiddle, Contrabass, String Bass]
Listening (all selections on YouTube this session)
Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale
Antonin Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. 1
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Erik Satie - Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear: I
Amy Beach - Summer Dreams
Jean Sibelius - Violin Concerto: I
***
What
a
horrible
election --
ignorance trumping bliss,
resulting in a change of mid-day plans,
onward to grade papers before mutual unsettlement,
somehow composing page 4 Jonah, Op. 258: III. Assyrian Wipe Out somewhere in the interstices, on the 232nd day of summer, high up 2 to 79 (will this be the highest of these last November days?) -- 75, Pinole; 78, Pleasant Hill...
