August 1 - Gnomenclature
Begin composition of
Gnomentary, Op. 403 (2022)
For Cello and Orchestra
due to a misreading of
David Popper (1843-1932) - Im Walde (1892): II. Gnomentanz,
edit pages 36-37
Piano Concerto ("Child's Play"), Op. 122 (2004)
I. Allegro
update Complete Works page for
All the Effects in GarageBand, Op. 188 (2011)
and add to the text wealth re
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
July 31 - August 1
2pm Pouring Ragu Spaghetti Sauce onto the Icons of the IPhone...
1am Crowded Mexican Restaurant in Vacaville (Hecho en Mexico) --
Can't Believe It, First Swerve to Right, But In Instant Replay, Now Swering to Left...
Chris Comes Back in for an Emergency Extra Service... Sacred,
Thirsty Animals on the Planet... Extended Circumstances to Sharyn...
2am Chris One of Our Guiding Lights for Both of Us in Past 10 Months...
See, Cliff, He's Clean as Our Church...
3am Kellyann Conways Alternative Facts Fake News to Physical Disturbances...
4am Timing and Conspiracies...
5am Let These Women Take Action, as Promissed...
Out for the
96th Vacaville Streets Walk:
Winchester
west to
Ulatis
Creek,
West Christine north,
bending
east to
Fremont
and
return,
followed
by
errands
across
town,
on
the
151st
day
of
summer,
high
down
2
to
86...
the 2052nd anniversary of
Octavian (64 BC - AD 14) bringing Egypt under his control (30 BC), and the birthdays of
Claudius (10 BC - AD 54) and
Herman Melville (1819-1891 -- nice palindrome in the latter 2 digits...).
.
Other events of the interval include the continuing war in Ukraine,
upcoming mide-term elections in
Michigan and elsewhere,
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722): VI. Prelude and Fugue in D Minor,
Conrad Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) - Symphony No. 1 in C Major, after Ovid's "Metamorphoses ("The Four Ages of the World") (1781),
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) - Symphony No. 41 in C Major ("Jupiter") (1788),
the Democrats of the Senate not giving up on the Burn Pits bill,
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) - Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture (1842),
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, Op. 131 (1853),
William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1895) - Three Impromptus (1895): III. Presto,
Cesar Franck (1822-1890) - Violin Sonata in A Major (1886): I. Allegretto,
Joachim Raff (1822-1882) - Symphony No. 5 in E Major ("Lenore"), Op. 167 (1875),
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (1896),
Zdenek Fibich (1850-) Impressions of the Countryside 1(900): II. Village Dance,
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Nursery Suite (1930): II. The Serious Doll,
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) - Iberia, Book IV (1908) : X. Malaga,
Anton Arensky (1861-)1906) - Double Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 15 (1888): II. Valse,
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Mandoline (1882),
Edward German (1862-1936) - Nell Gwyn (1900) - II. Pastorale Dance,
more on missing Secret Service texts,
Jean Absil (1893-1974) - Flemish Rhapsody, Op. 4 (1928),
Joachim Rodrigo (1901-1999) - Concierto Madrigal (1966),
ongoing memorials to Nichelle Nichols (December 28,1932 - July 30, 2022),
continued threats on both sides of the Pacific re the Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940) trip to Taiwan,
notice that the Lying Psychopath Traitor has not appeared in Fox in 100 days,
Joe Biden (b. 1942) recounting that Ayman Al-Zawahiri (June 19, 1951 - July 31, 2022) has met his dronic demise,
further mirth from Stephen Colbert (b. 1964),
criminal
behavior,
and
geographic
enlightenment...