Haydn

Question 1

True or False:
Haydn’s music embraced aspects of the main currents of his time, including style galant, Sturm und Drang and Empfindsamer Stil.

Answer 1

True:
Haydn’s music embraced aspects of the main currents of his time, including style galant, Sturm und Drang and Empfindsamer Stil.

Question 2

What was Haydn’s nickname?

Answer 2

“Papa” Haydn

Question 3

Haydn is regarded as the “father” of what two genres of music?

Answer 3

Haydn is regarded as the “father” of the symphony and string quartet because of his significant contributions to establishing both genres.

Question 4

What form did Haydn contribute to?

Answer 4

Haydn contributed to the development of sonata form

Question 5

What music influenced Haydn’s compositions?

Answer 5

Haydn was influenced by folk songs and dances, and often used simple diatonic melodies

Question 6

True or False:

Haydn used literal elements to portray specific themes in his compositions. He usually stayed away from sudden changes.

Answer 6

False:

In Haydn’s music, humor and playfulness is demonstrated by sudden dynamic changes or abrupt silences.

Question 7

How did Haydn illustrate dramatic elements?

Answer 7

In Haydn’s music, dramatic elements include sudden accents and bold changes of chords or keys; for example, his use of a loud C major chord in The Creation to depict the word “light”

Question 8

Was Haydn recognized during his lifetime?

Answer 8

Haydn had a long and distinguished career as a composer, and was admired and revered throughout Europe.

Question 9

What song of Haydn’s does RCM use in its history course?

Answer 9

The Emperor Quartet

Question 10

What is the structure of the theme of Haydn’s song?

Answer 10

five phrases: aabcc

Question 11

What instrument plays the theme in the first variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 11

theme played by the second violin

Question 12

What instrument plays the theme in the second variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 12

theme played by the cello

Question 13

What instrument plays the theme in the third variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 13

theme played by the viola

Question 14

What instrument plays the theme in the fourth variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 14

theme played again by the first violin

Question 15

What is the marking of the theme of Haydn’s song?

Answer 15

Dolce

Question 16

What is the texture of the theme of Haydn’s song?

Answer 16

Homophonic texture

Question 17

When are the accents introduced in the theme of Haydn’s song?

Answer 17

accents introduced at the climatic high G impart a stirring intensity to the music

Question 18

What happens in the first variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 18

instrumental reduction features just the two violins
contrast and virtuosity achieved through elaborate sixteenth-note figuration played by the first violin
the accompaniment delicately encircles the melody

Question 19

What happens in the second variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 19

delicate contrapuntal lines interweave above the melody
first and second violins feature syncopation and increased rhythmic drive as the variation unfolds
first violin introduces many chromatic inflections

Question 20

What happens in the third variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 20

rich chromatic harmonies introduced in the accompaniment

syncopation featured in the violins

Question 21

What happens in the fourth variation of Haydn’s song?

Answer 21

theme played again by the first violin
reharmonization of theme with inflections of E minor imparts a more somber tone
key eventually modulates back to G major by the end of Section A
Section B features dominant (6:38-6:56)and tonic (7:33-8:00) pedal points sustained by the cello; lends a sense of finality to the movement

Question 22

What era is Haydn?

Answer 22

The Classical era