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New books and whatnot

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If a body were to be likened to a car, then one could say that an aging body, like an older car, will eventually require more than an oil change, a multi-point inspection, a tire rotation, and an alignment to continue running (set aside smoothly). I’m an older car. More than one mechanic and more than one service appointment were required. And that’s really all I need say about that.

It’s back to walking several miles a day, practicing my music, reading, and studying. Today’s books are Pericles (in anticipation of this) and John Banville’s The Sea.

Notes

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Image taken at the Smart Museum of Art.


This week’s practice sheet:

🎶 Still working on pages 4 through 8 of Maquarre’s Daily Exercises for the Flute.

🎶 “Consolation” in Ernesto Köhler’s Twenty-Five Romantic Etudes (Op. 66).

🎶 My current solo piece, the Plamen Prodanov arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s “Autumn Song.”

🎶 Sonata No. in G by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant, the fourth and final movement, the gavotte. I am playing the first part in this duet.

🎶 In Interval Duets by Thomas Filas, the seventh duet, the second part.

🎶 In P. Bona’s Complete Method for Rhythmical Articulation, 120. Not sure I will spend much time on this in October, but it is on my sheet.

“The 50th”

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My images of detail from the following works (seen at the Smart Museum of Art):

✤ “Doors (3 Demolition)” by Gertrude Abercrombie (1957)
✤ “The City” by Alice Neel (undated)
✤ “Title unknown” by Norman Lewis (1947)
✤ “The Snowflower Quilting Bee at Arles” by Faith Ringgold (1996)
✤ “Harbor in Light” by Arthur Dove (1929)

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Sculpture at Allerton Park. 

This week’s practice sheet:

🎶 In Maquarre’s Daily Exercises for the Flute, pages 4 through 8.

🎶 In Album of Flute Duets, revised and annotated by Louis Moyse, Jean-Jacques Naudot’s Sonata for Two Flutes, the fourth and final movement, another allegro.

🎶 In Interval Duets by Thomas Filas, the third duet. I am playing the second flute part this time through these deceptively simple pieces.

🎶 In Ernesto Köhler’s Twenty-Five Romantic Etudes (Op. 66), “Dolls’ Waltz.”

🎶 Revisiting the Adagio and Allegro from Jean-Baptiste Loeillet’s Sonata No. III in Selected Duets for Flute, Vol. II (Advanced). Again, I am playing the second part.

🎶 In P. Bona’s Complete Method for Rhythmical Articulation, 120.

🎶 In Contemporary French Recital Pieces, Vol. I, Louis Aubert’s “Lied.”

Because we don’t have band rehearsal next week, I am setting aside my concert folder until after my next lesson.