Symphonies No. 44 Trauer Symphonie Funebre No. 77
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Title:
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Symphonies No. 44 Trauer Symphonie Funebre No. 77 |
Otros títulos:
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Sinfonia No. 44 Sinfonia Funebre No. 77 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Joseph Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
Código CDU:
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Ha.04 |
Forma Musical:
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Symphonies |
Abstract:
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This symphony acquired its nickname ("Symphony of Mourning") because Haydn in his old age requested that it be played at his funeral. It is a work of the period between roughly 1768 and 1774, when the so-called Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) style, with its dominant aesthetic of heightened emotionalism, flourished not only in Haydn's output but in Austrian music in general. The Sturm und Drang came from the title of a 1776 German novel, and was also applied to a German literary movement.
This emotionalism took the form of devices such as increased use of minor keys, a tendency towards stronger, even violent, contrasts in the music, restless syncopated figures in the accompaniment, and other devices, many of which had originated in Italian opera of the 1760s. The sudden interest by Austrian musicians in writing music of this sort may simply be that they saw in these new items of musical vocabulary a way to enrich and extend the expressive content of their music beyond the rather ... |
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