MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: London Symphonies, Kapellmeister, Minuet
17 Jan 2018
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Four movements - movement 1 : exposition, transition, recapitulation: opening movement - fast, slower and tuneful, fast / coda. Gained international fame with public concerts - paris and london symphonies. Kapellmeister - wrote for court, church, opera. Turned to choral music late in life. Theme and variation - slow movement haydn symphony 94. Theme - a complete tune in several phrases. Variation - changes to the theme on each repetition - usually same phrase structure as theme, create contrasting moods from same material. Charming and simple tune, almost ab form, but each repetition is altered slightly. Uses a lot of variations with different speeds and meter. Derived from baroque minuet and trio - a b a - classical composers extended internal forms. Haydn symphony no. 99 iii - (1) moods of minuet and trio are reversed. Descending melody, staccato, repeated cadences, ascending melody, pause for full orchestra on expectant harmony, repeated cadences,
