Music assignment
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There is a legend that the King at Esterhazy had a habit of falling asleep during performances.Listen to the first minute or so of the second movement of Haydn's "Surprise” Symphony.Where does the nickname surprise come from?What is the intention of this movement, and how does Haydn's composition achieve that intention?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFcONi1ynIM Haydn - Symphony no 94 "Surprise": 1st movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjwkamp3lI Haydn : Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise', 2nd movement
Use some professional words of the music if you can.
Listening Outline
HAYDN, Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise)
Second Movement: Andante
Theme and variations, duple meter , C major
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 1st violins, 2d violins, violas, cellos, double basses
(Duration, 6:14)
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Theme |
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Section a |
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0:00 |
Violins, p , staccato theme.
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Section b |
Section a repeated, pp , with pizzicato string accompaniment. Surprise chord, ff . Violins, p , continuation of theme.
Section b repeated with flute and oboe. |
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Variation 1 |
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1:06 |
a. Theme begins, f , higher countermelody in violins, p . Section a repeated.
b. Violins, p , continuation of theme and higher countermelody. Section b repeated. |
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Variation 2 |
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2:13 |
a. Theme in minor, ff , violin phrase in major, p . Section a repeated.
b. Violins, f , rapid downward scales, orchestra f . Violins alone, p , lead into |
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Variation 3 |
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3:21 |
a. Oboe, p , theme in faster repeated notes, major key.
Flute and oboe, p , legato countermelody above staccato theme in violins, p .
b. Continuation of theme and countermelody. Section b repeated. |
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Variation 4 |
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4:28 |
a. Theme in brasses and woodwinds, ff , fast notes in violins, ff . Violins, p , legato version of theme, dotted rhythm (long-short).
b. Violins, p , continuation of theme, dotted rhythm. Full orchestra, ff , triumphant continuation of theme leads to suspenseful chord, ff , sudden p . |
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Closing section |
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5:52 |
Theme in oboe, p , gently dissonant chords in strings, flute joins, very soft, conclusion. |
