April 12 - The Naked Truth


Begin the update of


The Sidewalks of New York: Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999, after Mel Clay),

finish the parts for


Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015)      
       Novel VIII.  Nastagio degli Onesti, loving a damsel of the Traversari family,
                 by lavish expenditure gains not her love
                 (Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death [1968]: III. Cancion de Jinete - Song of the Rider)

with that of Cello / Bass,

and dream-expand

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     April 11-12
          7am Musician Theatening Ensemble; Shasta River
          10am Gong Over Solos with Various Instrumental Soloists and Duos...
          11am Conversation w/ Woman in Outdoor Situation, While Working on Computer Music,
               Who Eventually Gives Up on Me; I Get Up to an Impressive Tangle of Cords and Items;
               Marek Relates a Song About Hygene, to the Accompaniment of a Mariachi Group...
               Another Woman Delivers a Lecture on Cleaning a Flute...



These on the



55th day of


spring,


high down a point to


66 --


the various


birthdays


of


Septimius Severus (145--211),


Henry Clay (1777-1852, who, according to text by Rosemary Carr [1898-1962] and Stephen Vincent Benet [1898-1943], as found in

Edwin London [1929-2013] - Portraits of 3 Ladies [1967], liked to take snuff with Dolly Madison), and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMl5MR60lHA


Herbie Hancock (b. 1940).


This is also the 161st anniversary re the bombing of Ft. Sumter by South Carolina, and today as well tragically marks the


New York subway mass gassing / shooting (where thankfully, at least so far, none were killed),


a new Oklahoma law banning abortions, more criminal revelations as to



T**** and his circle, and


Joe Biden appropriately declaring that Vladimir Putin is committing genocide.

Oh well.  At least Rachel Maddow is back for a second day, plus other media including


Charles Villliers Stanford (1852-1924) - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126 (1911),


Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) - Guitar Sonata No. 3 (1973): III. Allegro,


another classic Star Trek:


Season 2, Production 50 - By Any Other Name (1968), and another stimulating Zoom


San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra meeting re our upcoming May 28 concert (budget, personnel, promotion, etc.)...