Assignment for February 5

We're going to keep diving into the Musical Offering (or "musical sacrifice"?).

3-part ricercar - Will
Canon perpetuus - Guilhermo
1. Canon cancrizans - Elisa
3. Per motum contrarium - John
4. Per augmentationem, contrario motu - Ralph
5. Fortuna Regis - Qi
Fuga Canonica in Epidiapente - Matt
Ricercar a 6 - Dakota
Quaerendo invenietis - Mike
Canon a 4 - Tori
Canon perpetuus - Steve

Maybe we can have our flutists, keyboardists and Guilhermo play through some of the Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale? Or that could wait til next time.

Please analyze the piece you've agreed to above; and if you are so inspired, go ahead and make an arrangement of it for the following instrumentation. Or, if you can find friends to come in and play, you can write for them too. I'll be posting some videos of arrangements, as well; the most famous is Webern's orchestral arrangement of the 6-part Ricercar.

Flute/Piccolo: Elisa, Tori, Kerrith
Tuba/Euphonium(?); Matt
Horn: Steve
Viola: Ralph (needs an instrument)
Cello: Guilhermo
Bass: Dakota
Piano: Qi, Will, Tori
Accordion: John

Finally - as we discussed, let's continue with Evening in the Palace of Reason; try to get through at least chapter 2. And if you're so inclined, please keep reading in Gödel, Escher, Bach. It's the kind of book that rewards random browsing, but it's also worth it to read straight through. Chapter 2 is easy enough to get the gist of the logic and philosophical systems he introduces later on; chapter 3 is a little harder, but my ears always perk up when he mentions music (like p. 70, "Figure and Ground in Music"). And the dialogues are almost always great - let's make sure to spend time with one or two of them next Friday. Have a great weekend!