+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
In whose service did Haydn spend most of his life?
|
The Esterhazy's
|
|
How did Haydn's contract change over time with reguard to the ownership of his music?
|
He wasn't allowed to share or publish his music but later he was
|
|
What musical advantage did Haydn have in working for this family at their isolated palatial estate?
|
Kept abreast of current developments in music through a constant stream of distinguished visitors and through sojourns in Vienna 1-2 months each
|
|
One of Haydn's employers played the Baryton and Haydn wrote numerous pieces for it.. what was this instrument?
|
Resembled a bass viola de gamba but had an extra set of strings that could be plucked like a harp
|
|
Haydn has been called the father of the ______.
|
Symphony
|
|
Describe the basic plan of a Haydn symphony... movements, speeds, forms and keys.
|
4 movements 1. fast sonata form with slow intro2. slow minuet in closely related key3. minuet and trio4. fast finale
|
|
The text states on multiple occasions that Haydn's music plays with the listeners'_________.
|
Expectations
|
|
What are some of the musical forms noted as used by Haydn for the second movement of his symphonies?
|
Oasis of calm and gentle melody after the contrasts ; in sonata form with repeats; later used theme and variations
|
|
In Haydn's use of Minuet and Trio form for his symphonic third movements, from what does the term "trio"derive?
|
Reduced texture of 3 parts used for such middle dances
|
|
Reguardless of the musical form, the text notes that Haydn typically fave his Symphony finales the character of a contredance. What was this kind of dance?
|
Light quick dance in duple meter
|
|
How many movements and their speeds did Haydn's earliest symphonies employ?
|
3 movements; fast-slow-fast
|
|
What instruments were used to create the " Turkish Band" effect?
|
Triangle, cymbals, bass drum
|
|
What kind of players, pros or ametuers, typically performed Symphonies during this time? What kind of players typically performed string quartets and other workds of chamber music?
|
Professionals; ametuers
|
|
When Haydn first established the same four-movement structure for his string quartets as he used for his symphonies, what two movements in terms of speed and musical form were often switched?
|
Minuet and slow movement
|
|
How did a Scherzo differ from a Minuet in its musical style?
|
Pokes fun at minuet
|
