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

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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)