Joseph Haydn's Symphonies



Joseph Haydn's Symphonies

Introduction

Of the 104 symphonies of Joseph Haydn, only eleven are in the minor mode. Five of them are called, and six did not name. Symphonies Nos. 34, 39, 52, 78, 80 and 95, six less well-known symphonies without titles. These six works provide a few examples of Haydn's unique style, humor, and composite ship. In his article "Comedy and the structure of a symphony by Haydn," Burstein describes comedy as a play on expectations. What does this mean in regard to Haydn's symphonies in that it is not uncommon to surprise listeners with something unexpected, whether it's an unexpected pause related key center, or sharply contrasting second theme. These methods are often used in six movements, which will be discussed. Another style popular throughout these works is the musical Sturm und Drang "style, consisting of highly emotional material. Typical compositional techniques used in this style: the minor mode, syncope, extreme dynamic and timbral contrasts, string tremolos, and sudden silence. These two elements, along with several others will be seen later discussion of the first movement of six symphonies.



Work

Haydn is often called the "father" of the classical symphony and string quartet. In fact, the symphony was already well-established form before Haydn began his compositional career, with distinguished examples of Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach among others, but Haydn's symphonies are the earliest to stay in the "standard" repertoire. His parents' String Quartet, however, there is no doubt that he essentially invented a means alone. He also wrote many piano sonatas, piano trios, divertissements and the masses, which became the basis for the classical style of music in these compositional types. He also wrote other types of chamber music, as well as operas and concerts, although such compositions are now less well known. Although other composers were prominent in early antiquity, in particular, CPE Bach in the keyboard sonatas, and JC Bach and Leopold Mozart in the symphony, Haydn, of course, the strong overall influence on musical style in this era. The development of sonata form in a thin and flexible mode of musical expression that has become a dominant force in the classical musical thought, owe much to Haydn, and those who followed his ideas. His sense of formal inventiveness and led him to integrate the fugue in the classical style and to enrich the rondo form with a cohesive tonal logic. Haydn was also a key indicator of a double form of variation, known as variations on two alternating themes, which are often major and minor mode versions of each other.

Structure and Character of the Music

The central characteristic of Haydn's music is the development of larger structures of very short, simple musical motifs, usually developed from standard accompanying figures. Music is often quite formally concentrated, and most important musical events of the movement can unfold rather quickly. Haydn's musical practice formed the basis for much of what was to follow the development of tonality and musical form. He took genres such as symphony, which at that ...