Chapter 45 Flashcards
Esterhazy family
rich, influential family of aristocrats who is German-speaking and live in Hungary, own 10 million acres of southeast Vienna
Baryton
like a viola da gamba only with 6 strings, Nikolaus Esterhazy played it
Minuet
in rounded binary form and coupled with a matching rounded binary movement called the trio
Minuet and trio
paired together in classical period
Concertante
concerto-like approach, individual instruments regularly emerge from the orchestral texture to function as soloists
“Farewell” Symphony
best-known programmatic work of Haydn’s, had each instrumentalist leave one by one but first extinguished their candles
Sturm and Drang
a small but significant group of works written around 1770 that are marked by agitated, impassioned writing, minor keys, angular themes, syncopation, string tremolos, sudden dynamic changes, and scale-like violin runs
Scherzo
used to be called minuet, downbeat is often placed out of sync, so syncopations and hemiolas were common
“Bird” Quartet
nickname for Opus 33, No. 3, strings sound like birds chirping and pecking their way across the musical landscape
“Emperor” Quartet
nickname for Opus 76, No. 3, about the political and military events of the Napoleonic Wars
The Emperor’s Hymn
Used as Austrian national anthem, in honor of Austrian Emperor Franz II, first sung in theaters throughout the Austrian realm on the Emperor’s birthday 2/12/1797
Haydn’s life dates
1732-1809
Where was Haydn born?
born in a farmhouse in Rohrau, Austria and his father was a wheelwright
Where did Haydn have his first childhood influences?
choirboy at the St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna and he also studied composition, violin, and keyboard until age 17
Haydn’s marriage
Married Anna Keller in 1760, but was an unhappy marriage, no kids, and he had an affair
