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Title: Symphonies for Paris


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Symphonies for Paris London
  • Paris, 1785, commission forLoge Olympique
    (amateurs)
  • less for learned ears
  • Salomon takes JH to London (twice)- 1791/2
    1794/5- 12 Symphonies (2 sets of six) - Public
    concerts (attract an audience)
  • Standard 4 movements- Sonata-allegro w/ slow
    intro- slow ABA- Minuet Trio- Fast Finale
    (Sonata-allegro)
  • monothematic sonata-allegro mvts
  • Anth. 106 Symphony No. 103, 1st mvt

2
Haydns Sonata-allegro Exposition
  • 1st Theme stable w/ regular structure, closed w/
    cadence in tonic (often elided to)
  • Transition instability, modulation to
    contrasting key, often announced w/ tutti
  • 2nd Theme stable in new key (V or III in
    minor), generally reduced timbres (woodwinds?),
    closes w/ cadence in new key (often elided to)
  • Closing Theme/Group emphasizes the new key w/
    frequent cadences

3
Haydns Vocal-Choral Music
  • Operas for Esterházy Court- Italian comic and
    serious styles- Armida (opera seria) best
    work (said Haydn) - also marionette operas
  • Masses for chorus full orchestra- best for
    Princesss name day in later years
  • Oratorios - influence of Handels oratorios
    (Hallelujah Chorus)
  • The Creation (Die Geschöpfung) - 1798- text on
    Biblical verses and Miltons Paradise Lost-
    Handelian choral style (Die Himmel erzählen)
  • Example- YouTube - William Christie - Haydn, The
    Creation (Day 1, Day 4, etc.)

4
Haydn, Concerto in Eb for Trumpet, Hob. VIIe, 1
(1796)
  • Keyed Trumpet (predates valves)
  • Composed for Anton Weidinger,Member of Imperial
    and Royal Court Trumpet Corps
  • Ex.- YouTube - Tine Thing Helseth Haydn Trumpet
    Concerto, 3rd mvt (modern tpt)
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