The piece is only 54 bars long and lasts for about a minute and a half. The theme is based on Haydn's own name as a five-note motif. The letter H represents B natural, A and D representing their respective pitches, Y as D natural and N as G natural. In the score, the use of this motif is marked using their letters including several inverted and retrograde versions.[2]
Historyedit
This work came about as a result of a commission by the Revue musicale mensuelle de la Société Internationale de Musique.[3] In total, six composers were commissioned: Maurice Ravel, ('Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn'), Claude Debussy('Hommage à Haydn'), Vincent d'Indy, Paul Dukas('Prélude Élégiaque'), Reynaldo Hahn('Theme Varié sur le nom de Haydn'), and Charles-Marie Widor('Fugue sur le nom d'Haydn').
Each composer was given the same task: to write a piece based on the musical equivalent of Haydn's name.
^"Allmusic Guide to Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^Soucy, Jean-Phillipe (2009). Six French composers' homage to Haydn: An analytical comparison enlightening their conception of tombeau (Master of Arts thesis). eScholarship@McGill.
"Ravel - Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (Performed by Álvaro Campos Jareño)". 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
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