August 31 - Late Summer Day's Dream

Finish the third and almost the fourth sections/veils of John and Salome: V. Salome's Dance orchestration, and, after


Musica Enchiriadis parallel fifths and fourths dictation with the Theoreticians (plus some fine student compositions), complete orchestrating above and record Tritone Orchestra versions of



JOHN AND SALOME, Op. 80

IV. PAVANE - "Are You the One"




V. SALOME'S DANCE - "I Swear"




As the coffee shop now closes at 2pm, there's nothing to be done but head home and beyond to the ducks of Davis, to get more



Straussian instrumental inspiration from Salome at



Sibley Library, calling Bette (who's been in and out of the doctor's) and George briefly on the way,



ascending,



and returning in the



rosy



dusk.

August 28 - Dance of the Straussian Sierras

Off to the Sierra on a surprisingly cloud-filled, humid day,



via Davis for a quick study of "Salomes Tanz" (a.k.a. "Dance of the Seven Veils") from Richard Strauss's Salome, then



lunch at Tio Pepe's in Auburn, beginning to grade the 70 Quiz 1's of the Music History Class (including identification-description of the RS Also Sprach Zarathustra, plus dances from Algeria and the Yuroks ["Women's Brush"]).



By now, fairly late in the day, but time enough to reach French Meadows Reservoir's



echoic Canyons ringing with chant, at the



overlook,



for a walk from the dam's



southeastern flank along



Mosquito Ridge Road to the Chipmunk Ridge Jeep Road



and beyond to an even fainter intersection, where the setting sun crashes into



rocks and



moonlight, beginning the orchestration of John and Salome: V. Salome's Dance upon return.