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Exploring Haydn's Symphony No. 20: A Classical Music Discussion

Join us for a lively discussion on Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 20. This session will cover key concepts of Classical symphonies, including movement structures such as Sonata-allegro, Theme & Variations, and Minuet & Trio. We will focus on analyzing four movements from Symphony No. 20, highlighting their forms and tempos, and understanding the importance of each movement in the context of the Classical era. Don’t forget to prepare your Listening Logs for collection!

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Exploring Haydn's Symphony No. 20: A Classical Music Discussion

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  1. M100: Music Appreciation Discussion GroupBen Tibbetts, T.A.benjamintibbetts@yahoo.comWelcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room. Tuesday March 5, 2013

  2. Today’s Agenda • Pages 187-206

  3. Concert Reports –some clarification

  4. Head’s Up! Listening Log Collection #1 next class

  5. Franz Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 Austrian composer

  6. Listening today to Haydn’s Symphony No. 20 Four movements Pick one for listening log

  7. The Classical Symphony(and other large works) Three or four movements, usually like this: Form:Tempo: • Sonata-allegro form moderate • (Theme & Variations) slow • Minuet & Trio moderato • (Rondo) fast

  8. The Classical Symphony(and other large works) Three or four movements, usually like this: Form:Tempo: • Sonata-allegro form moderate • (Theme & Variations) slow • Minuet & Trio moderato • (Rondo) fast

  9. Sonata-allegro form • Large, complex form in three basic parts: ExpositionDevelopmentRecapitulation

  10. Sonata-allegro form Exposition – Stable. Introduces themes. Repeated. Development – Unstable. “Develops” (fragments, modulates, generally messes with) themes. Recapitulation – Stable. Repeat of the exposition. Musical material is transposed to home key. ============================================== • In some pieces, development/recapitulation pair is repeated. • Some pieces end with a coda after the recapitulation.

  11. Haydn’s Symphony No. 20 movement 1 Exposition Exposition (repeated) Development Recapitulation

  12. The Classical Symphony(and other large works) Three or four movements, usually like this: Form:Tempo: • Sonata-allegro form moderate • (Theme & Variations)slow • Minuet & Trio moderato • (Rondo) fast

  13. Second movements aren’t always theme and variations, but they are almost always played at a slow tempo

  14. Haydn’s Symphony No. 20 movement 2 (form: AABABA or rounded binary) A A B A

  15. The Classical Symphony(and other large works) Three or four movements, usually like this: Form:Tempo: • Sonata-allegro form moderate • (Theme & Variations) slow • Minuet & Trio moderato • (Rondo) fast

  16. Minuet and Trio Dance, French origin. Always in ¾ time. Large ABA. AThe minuet proper BThe Trio AThe return of the minuet proper

  17. Minuet and Trio AThe minuet proper • In binary form – two sections, each repeated BThe Trio • Also in binary form – two sections, each repeated • Contrasting mood AMinuet proper(again) • This time, sections aren’t repeated

  18. Haydn’s Symphony No. 20 movement 3 Minuet proper (sections each repeated) Trio Minuet proper (sections not repeated)

  19. The Classical Symphony(and other large works) Three or four movements, usually like this: Form:Tempo: • Sonata-allegro form moderate • (Theme & Variations) slow • Minuet & Trio moderato • (Rondo) fast

  20. Rondo form • In Italian, rondo means “round dance” • Usually in duple meter A B A C A D A etc. (or A B A C A B A or similar)

  21. Fourth movements aren’t always rondos, but they are almost always played at a fast tempo

  22. Haydn’s Symphony No. 20 movement 4 A B A C A B A

  23. Final Reminders / Homework • Thursday: Listening Log Collection #1 • Read pages 215-223 • Mozart assignment on Moodle • Questions? Email: benjamintibbetts@yahoo.com

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