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Haydn'S Farewell Symphony - And the Idea of Classical Style (Book, New ed)
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Haydn'S Farewell Symphony - And the Idea of Classical Style (Book, New ed)
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This volume offers a new view of Joseph Haydn's instrumental music.
It argues that many of Haydn's greatest and most characteristic
instrumental works are 'through-composed' in the sense that their
several movements are bound together into a cycle. This cyclic
integration is articulated, among other ways, by the 'progressive'
form of individual movements, structural and gestural links between
the movements, and extramusical associations. Central to the study
is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the 'Farewell'
Symphony, No. 45 in F sharp minor (1772). The analysis is
distinguished by its systematic use of different methods (Toveyan
formalism, Schenkerian voice leading, Schoenbergian developing
variation) to elucidate the work's overall coherence. The work's
unique musical processes, in turn, suggest an interpretation of the
entire piece (not merely the famous 'farewell' finale) in terms of
the familiar programmatic story of the musicians' wish to leave
Castle Eszterhaza. In a book which relates systematically the
results of analysis and interpretation, Professor Webster
challenges the concept of 'classical style' which, he argues has
distorted our understanding of Haydn's development, and he stresses
the need for a greater appreciation of Haydn's early music and of
his stature as Beethoven's equal.
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