The Farewell Symphony

The Farewell Symphony
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1570914060

CD recording of Haydn's Symphony No. 45 ("Farewell") and Symphony No. 31 included.

Haydn's Farewell Symphony

Haydn's Farewell Symphony
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2016-04-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1632895013

Anna Harwell Celenza's engaging fictionalized telling of the story behind Franz Joseph Haydn's famous symphony is a perfect introduction to classical music and its power. THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY brings to life a long summer spent at Esterháza, the summer palace of Prince Nicholas of Esterházy. The blustering, bellowing prince entertained hundreds of guests at his rural retreat and demanded music for every occasion. As the months passed, Haydn was kept very busy writing and performing music for parties, balls, dinners, and even walks in the gardens. His orchestra members became homesick and missed their families. The anger, frustration, and longing of the musicians is expressed beautifully in the symphony born of the clever mind of Joseph Haydn who used it to convince Prince Nicholas that it was time to go home. Wonderfully expressive illustrations by JoAnn E. Kitchel capture all the comedy and pathos of this unique symphony. Beautifully interpretive motifs and borders convey the setting and emotion of the story mirroring the structure of the symphony with the repetitive use of sets of four. Making classical music and history come alive with color and character, THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY ensures a place for the arts in the hearts and minds of children.

Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style

Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style
Author: James Webster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2004-11-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521612012

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.

Haydn's Farewell Symphony

Haydn's Farewell Symphony
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684447135

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Anna Harwell Celenza's engaging fictionalized telling of the story behind Franz Joseph Haydn's famous symphony is a perfect introduction to classical music and its power. THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY brings to life a long summer spent at Esterháza, the summer palace of Prince Nicholas of Esterházy. The blustering, bellowing prince entertained hundreds of guests at his rural retreat and demanded music for every occasion. As the months passed, Haydn was kept very busy writing and performing music for parties, balls, dinners, and even walks in the gardens. His orchestra members became homesick and missed their families. The anger, frustration, and longing of the musicians is expressed beautifully in the symphony born of the clever mind of Joseph Haydn who used it to convince Prince Nicholas that it was time to go home. Wonderfully expressive illustrations by JoAnn E. Kitchel capture all the comedy and pathos of this unique symphony. Beautifully interpretive motifs and borders convey the setting and emotion of the story mirroring the structure of the symphony with the repetitive use of sets of four. Making classical music and history come alive with color and character, THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY ensures a place for the arts in the hearts and minds of children.

Engaging Haydn

Engaging Haydn
Author: Mary Kathleen Hunter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2012-07-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107015146

Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation: this book explores fresh approaches to his music and the cultural forces affecting it.

Harmony in Haydn and Mozart

Harmony in Haydn and Mozart
Author: David Damschroder
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107025346

Innovative analytical techniques provide a penetrating view of how Haydn and Mozart employ harmony in their compositions.

The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia

The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia
Author: Caryl Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781107129016

For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the repertoire from his day until ours. What do we need to know now in order to understand Haydn and his music? With over eighty entries focused on ideas and seven longer thematic essays to bring these together, this distinctive and richly illustrated encyclopedia offers a new perspective on Haydn and the many cultural contexts in which he worked and left his indelible mark during the Enlightenment and beyond. Contributions from sixty-seven scholars and performers in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, capture the vitality of Haydn studies today - its variety of perspectives and methods - and ultimately inspire further exploration of one of western music's most innovative and influential composers.

The New Grove Haydn

The New Grove Haydn
Author: James Webster
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2003-03-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0195169042

An in-depth look at the great 18th century Austrian composer, derived and adapted from the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony

The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony
Author: Julian Horton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0521884985

A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.