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Popular forms:
Sonata di Chiesa
Sonata da Camera
(used by Handel, Correlli, Purcell, Vitali)
1753- approx. date when classical chamber music starts taking shape
Mannheim School
Mozart- Equal treatment of all the music- used to be the violins got all
the spotlight
9.16
F. Hayden 1732-1809
didnt invent the string quartet form, but pioneered the tropes of the
genre
wrote 68 string quartets over a peroid of 45 years
early string quartets were written to play for fun with musicians from
his orchestra
assignment: pick one quartet from op. 20 Sun Quartets (1772) -listen,
be able to talk about it- look for fugal procedures
Haydn would sometimes change the order in which the themes would
appear in the recap
piano sonata was the forerunner to the piano trio, string quartet wasn’t
the precursor
wrote
10/14
W. A. Mozart 1756-1791
String Quartets
2 periods- early and late
early period
by the time of his death, chamber styles and symphonic styles had
been defined as separate
K. 157
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
more contrapuntal
4 movements
more independence and importance of 3 lower strings
new economy of material- transitional ideas grow out of the original
theme
sudden dynamic contrast
growing maturity
present on one of the haydn quartets k. 387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465
makeup of quartet
date
dedication
10/21
Mozarts
early quartets 1769-1773
late quartets 1782-1791
“Haydn Quartets”
k.387 1782 ”Spring”
k.421 1783 d minor
k. 428 1783 Eb Major- minuet mirrors Haydn’s minuet- same key
pause…
k. 458 1784 (The Hunt)
k. 464 1785 - not super popular
k. 465 1785 “Dissonance” was attacked by critic upon first hearing it
because of its use of chromatic extremes and whole tone clusters
Midterm
Listening:
Mozart:
late quartets:
Quartet in C Major k. 465 1785 “Dissonance” was attacked by critic
upon first hearing it because of its use of chromatic extremes and
whole tone clusters movments 1+4
Quartet in Bb major k. 458 “Hunt” all movements
Quartet in G major k. 387 “Spring” mov. 1
Haydn:
Written
mozart- haydn
evolution of chamber music, string quartet for, piano trio form
know dates of composers and major works
how many chamber works did they each write
characteristics of haydn and mozart styles
personality traits- how their life affected their writing- haydn servent,
mozart freelancer
their relationship- they had great respect for eachother- haydn to
leopold compliment- mozart dedicate quartets to haydn
calalogue for the composers- mozart: Köchel, Haydn: Hoboken
catalogue
Quintet #1 Bb Major
#2 c min
#3 C Major
#4 g min k.516
#5 D Major
#6 Eb Major
11/11
Beethoven quartets
Beethoven 1770-1827
1st peroid
1770-1802
op. 18 (1-6) dedicated to Haydn (op. 74 also dedicated to Haydn)
op. 18
no.1 F major
no. 2. G Major
no. 3. D Major
no. 4. C minor
no. 5. A Major
no. 6. Bb Major- IV Malinconia (Adagio- Allegretto quasi Allegro)
11/18
Beethoven didnt get a long with Haydn
studied with best counterpoint teacher in vienna: j.c. albrecht
(it had been 6 years since he had been writing quartets)
op. 59 Razumovsky (dedicated to count Razumovsky) 1805-1806
there were 3 quartets
Op. 59 is a Tryptich
at the time, people were making quartets concerto-like rather than
symphonic- beethoven went against this- “composing for the future”
Op. 59
#1 F major movement 1
#3 C major movement 1+4
10/1
Choose a late quartet (not 132) DUE 10am Dec 19 art 203 or music
office
describe
form
keys
new techniques
life influences
impact on future chamber music writing