Classical & Romantic Musical Styles Haydn’s String Quartet op. 77.2 Brahms’ Piano Trio #1
Joseph Haydn 1732 – 1809 106 symphonies 84 String Quartets Concertos Oratorios Masses Operas Occasional music
Joseph Haydn Musical structure: Symphony String Quartet 1. Moderately fast Allegro Sonata form 2. Moderate Minuet Rondo (or Trio form) 3. Slow Andante A-B-A (Trio form) 4. Fast Allegretto Rondo
Sonata Form Exposition: Part 1: Theme & response theme, transition to restart Part II: Theme & response theme, transition: to development Development: Themes explored Various keys Various instruments Various musical tensions Various emotions Recapitulation Theme & response theme; transition to finale Finale: Finale; Coda and Finale
Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano music Chamber music Choral music 200+ Lieder Concertos Sonatas 4 Symphonies (122 numbered works)
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio #1, Op. 8, F maj. First & last Trio, Shortened by 1/3, Both versions remain in publication “Less wild.” Influenced by Clara Schumann
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio #1, Op. 8, F maj. I. Allegro con brio Sonata form (?) II. Scherzo. Allegro molto A-B-A form III. Adagio IV. Allegro A-B-A-B
Johannes Brahms Classicist or Romantic? “The chaos of emotion shackled and subdued by a relentless sense of form and discipline: that is Brahms's art in a nutshell. Likewise, his life. And the most familiar and beloved note in his art is the note of yearning.” “A classicising Romantic” Jan Swafford
RI Chamber Music Concerts - #1 Haydn’s String Quartet op. 77.2 Brahms’ Piano Trio #1 Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, op. 57 Attacca Quartet Wednesday • October 11, 2017, 7:30 PM