Symphony No. 43 in E♭ major, Hoboken I/43, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. Since the nineteenth century it has been referred to by the subtitle "Mercury".[1] The source of the "Mercury" nickname remains unknown according to Matthew Rye. It could refer to its use as incidental music from some play or other given at Eszterháza, or it may not have appeared until the nineteenth century. It would certainly be unnecessary to impose any programmatic elements onto the abstract musical piece, or to search for evidence of a musical portrait of the ancient Greek gods’ winged messenger. [2]
H. C. Robbins Landon describes the work as "the Austrian chamber symphony par excellence". The first movement's first theme is "one of the longest of its kind that Haydn ever wrote". The movement lacks a true second subject.
The slow movement is scored for muted violins with sparing use of woodwind. Robbins Landon describes the movement as having "a strong sense of nostalgia". It is the only movement of any of Haydn's symphonies to be in the key of A♭ major. The menuetto is "marvellously kinetic and very Austrian".
The final movement has a long coda in which "finally everything dies away except for the first violin, which goes up to an enigmatic g-flat. There follows one of Haydn's magnificent silences, and then the music plunges into a last tutti and this elegant chamber symphony is at an end".[4]
symphony, haydn, symphony, major, hoboken, symphony, joseph, haydn, since, nineteenth, century, been, referred, subtitle, mercury, source, mercury, nickname, remains, unknown, according, matthew, could, refer, incidental, music, from, some, play, other, given,. Symphony No 43 in E major Hoboken I 43 is a symphony by Joseph Haydn Since the nineteenth century it has been referred to by the subtitle Mercury 1 The source of the Mercury nickname remains unknown according to Matthew Rye It could refer to its use as incidental music from some play or other given at Eszterhaza or it may not have appeared until the nineteenth century It would certainly be unnecessary to impose any programmatic elements onto the abstract musical piece or to search for evidence of a musical portrait of the ancient Greek gods winged messenger 2 The Roman god Mercury as depicted by Hendrick Goltzius The symphony was composed by 1771 It is scored for two oboes bassoon two horns and strings 3 The work is in four movements Allegro 34 Adagio in A major 24 Menuetto amp Trio 34 Allegro 22 H C Robbins Landon describes the work as the Austrian chamber symphony par excellence The first movement s first theme is one of the longest of its kind that Haydn ever wrote The movement lacks a true second subject The slow movement is scored for muted violins with sparing use of woodwind Robbins Landon describes the movement as having a strong sense of nostalgia It is the only movement of any of Haydn s symphonies to be in the key of A major The menuetto is marvellously kinetic and very Austrian The final movement has a long coda in which finally everything dies away except for the first violin which goes up to an enigmatic g flat There follows one of Haydn s magnificent silences and then the music plunges into a last tutti and this elegant chamber symphony is at an end 4 See also editList of symphonies by nameReferences edit Antony Hodgson The Music of Joseph Haydn The Symphonies London The Tantivy Press 1976 72 Matthew Rye Programme notes to Hyperion CD CDH55117 1992 H C Robbins Landon The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn London Universal Edition amp Rockliff 1955 680 H C Robbins Landon Programme notes to Haydn Symphonies Vol 8 CBS Records I3M 39040 Portal nbsp Classical Music nbsp This article about a symphony is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Symphony No 43 Haydn amp oldid 1168373094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
