Friday, January 16, 2015

Daily Log: January 15, 2015

Not much got done today.

But I DID ready/listen to the entirety of Haydn's The Creation.  There were some points that really moved me -- particularly in the first part.

I didn't get to any German today, but I consider all of the German that I saw in The Creation to be good exposure.

I also began some more preliminary research on Haydn and The Creation.  My first source is Bruce C. MacIntyre's Haydn: The Creation (New York: Schirmer Books, 1998).  I also have Nicholas Temperley's book of the same title (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991).

In 302 we discussed the origins of the symphony: Sammartini and Stamitz.

We also did some interesting follow-the-leader exercises in GEM.  It's inspired me to get started on my choreography score piece.  I also plan on doing a solfege exercise similar to what we did there in my sight-singing class.  

Speaking of composing, I hope to work on my Webern-style composition today.


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