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Meetings
Meeting Information
When
Meetings are held September through June on the first Saturday of every month, 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Refreshments are served during a mid-meeting break.
Location
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 11555 National Blvd., Los Angeles 90064. Map
Music
Each person is responsible for downloading the music they plan to play at the session. Alternatively, you can request that the President bring you copies of the music for an annual fee of $30.
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2025/2026 Schedule
Music is in no particular order:
1) Johann Rosenmüller (c. 1619–1684), Sonata Settima à 4, No. 7
2) Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Sinfonia No. 3
3) Pierre Verdier (1627 - 1706), Lamento
Quick trip around Europe: Our first stop will be the lesser-known composer, Pierre Verdier, who was born in France, but spent most of his life working in Sweden. Next we will visit the Venetian born Antonio Caldara (one of my favourite composers!), who worked in Italy, Spain, and Austria. Our last stop will be to spend time with German born Johann Rosenmüller who eventually ended up leaving home to work in Venice at St. Marks Basilica as well as at the Ospedale della Pietà—the orphanage where Vivaldi worked! We will explore the different styles of these three composers.
HOW TO DETECT A “PHONY”
This session will focus on the musical concept of TEXTURE. We will discuss how to distinguish between MONOPHONY, POLYPHONY and HOMOPHONY.
All the pieces are in full score (except the B part for the Mozart). This format will help us to analyze musical Texture.
Two of the pieces have no Soprano part, so bring along an Alto or Tenor.
If you have a Greatbass, please bring it for the MOZART and PETERSON-BERGER pieces.
Session pieces in order:
PEISINGER My Bro Jim – SATB
ROWLANDS The Bishops and the Clerks (Bagpipes) – SATB
BACH WTK Book 1, Fugue 11 – ATB – Sopranos will need to switch to A or T.
BACH Chorale 7, Nun lob mein Seel – SATB
MORLEY About the Maypole – SSATB
MOZART Divertimento 4, Movt. 1 – AT(BG) – Sopranos will need to switch to A or T. The B part is a separate file.
PETERSON-BERGER Dalmarsch – SATBG
BRAHMS Abschiedslied – SATB
You can listen to and play along with all these pieces (except the Peisinger and Rowlands) - just click here.
Online Meetings
During COVID-19 meetings were held online via Zoom, September through June on the first Saturday of every month at 2:00 pm.
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For questions about Zoom or meetings in general, feel free to contact us.
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