Haydn

MU 242 Listening Assignments, Page 2
Early Classical - Haydn

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Instrumental Styles at Mid-Century

    Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in G Major for Harpischord, K. 105
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Fantasia in C minor, Wq. 63/6/iii, Allegro moderato
    J. C. Bach, Sonata in D Major, Op. 5, no. 2 (1st movement, Allego di molto)
    J. P. Rameau, "La cupis" from Piéces de clavecin en concert
           Download Scores for the Early Classic Keyboard Works (Scarlatti, CPE Bach, JC Bach)                         Download Score for Rameau

Operatic Styles at Mid-Century

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La serva padrona (selection)
    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, La serva padrona,Aria: "Son imbrogliato io"
             Download score to Pergolesi, "Son imbrogliato io"
Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide (selection)
    Johann Adolf Hasse, "Digli ch'io son fedele" (Tell Him That I Am Faithful) from Cleofide
             Download score to Johann Adolf Hasse, "Digli ch'io son fedele"
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (selections)
    Chr. W. Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II excerpt: "Ballo . . . Che mai dell'Erebo"
    Chr. W. Gluck, "Che puro ciel" (sung by soprano, Carolyn Watkins)
    Chr. W. Gluck, Aria: "Che faró senza Euridice?" (sung by countertenor, James Bowman)
              View score from "Variations" Project at Indiana University (nos. 18, 33, 43)

The Idea of Classicism/The Ideals of Classicism

W. A. Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (first movement)
    Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I, Allegro
              Download Score to Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 (first movement)  
J. S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (3rd movement)
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: III. Allegro
              Download Score to Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (third movement)  

Sonata Forms

Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 85 in B-flat Major

      Read Koch, Introductory Essay on Comoposition, pp. 199-201.
      Download PowerPoint Slides on Koch/Sonata Form
    F. J. Haydn, Symphony No. 85 (I), Adagio - Vivace
               Download score to Haydn Symphony No. 85 ("The Queen"), 1st movement

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, 1st Movement

    Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I, Allegro
              Download Score to Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 (first movement)  

Haydn: Symphonies

Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D Major "London Symphony," 1795
    F. J. Haydn, Symphony 104 (I), Adagio-Allegro
    F. J. Haydn, Symphony 104 (II), Andante
    F. J. Haydn, Symphony 104 (III), Allegro (Minuet and trio)
    F. J. Haydn, Symphony 104 (IV), Allegro spiritoso (finale)
              Download score to Haydn, Symphony #104, First movement, "Allegro assai"

Haydn's Ingenious Jesting with Art: String Quartets

Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in E-flat Major, H. III/38 (Op. 33, no. 2, "The Joke")

    F. J. Haydn, Joke Quartet, I, Allegro moderato
    F. J. Haydn, Joke Quartet, II, Scherzo
    F. J. Haydn, Joke Quartet, III, Largo sosenuto (optional)
    F. J. Haydn, Joke Quartet, IV, Finale: Presto

       For the finale, watch this [fantastic!] TED Talk by the St. Lawrence String Quartet about the last movement of Haydn's so-called "Joke Quartet." Here's a direct link in case you have trouble loading the embedded version.


               Download score to Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 33, no. 2, "The Joke"

Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 45 in F# minor "Farewell"

    F. J. Haydn, Symphony No. 45 (I), Allegro assai
               Download score to Haydn, Symphony #45, First movement, "Allegro assai"
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