Haydn 104: Movement 4

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What is the structure of this movement?

Sonata form

What is the time signature?

2/2 (cut common time)

What key is this movement in?

D major

What is the instrumentation of this movement?

same as movement 1

How does the exposition begin?

two bar drone bass (associated with folk music), sets the mood of the fourth movement, as it is influenced by folk music.

How is the first theme structured?

8 bars, 4+4 (exact repeat except the repeat of D minims in bar 8 instead of a cadence) each 4 bars is made up of a 2 bar antecedent and consequent phrase

Harmonic features of the first 4 bars

starts on the dominant note (A) - this forms a perfect cadence with the drone, ends with an imperfect cadence at bar 4

Elements of folk music in movement 4

- 10 bar drone bass in horns

- 'stamping' minims at the end of each phrase

- peasant dance rhythm

- narrow range

- sparse texture

what instrument plays the melody?

violin 1

describe the texture of the furst 8 bars

sparse; only melody and drone

what is figure x?

2 stamping minims

Describe the main melody of bars 11-18

repeat of S1 up an octave, violin 1 and the oboe play in unison

what do the bass strings play in bars 11-18?

tonic pedal note, an octave higher than 1-8. cello and double bass are seperate

describe the counter theme played by the second violins bars 11-18

based on a one-bar motif of a rising 3rd, sequence, contrary motion with S1

What section begins at bar 19?

transition

what are the dynamics at the start of the transition section

forte

how is figure x used in the transition

the whole orchestra emphasises the stamping rhythm in crotchets (diminution)

what do the violins play at bar 23

continuous unison quavers

What hapoens at bar 29?

2 bar sustained tonic pedal

what are the dynamics at bar 29

ff

describe the texture at bars 31-34

imitation between violins

which motif is played in bar 36?

augmentation of quaver motif in first violins

describe the tonality of bar 36

tonicisation of E minor

describe the tonality of bar 37

tonicisation of A major

what do the bass strings play at bar 44

dominant pedal of A major (E)

what section starts at bar 54

second subject

What key is the second subject in

A major (dominant

differences between subject 1 and 2

- theme now played by second violins

- counter theme in first violins

- brass plays both tonic and dominant pedal notes

- reduction of texture at bar 64

what does the first violin play at bar 65?

quaver motif is developed (compare to bar 13)

what do the violins play at bar 73

contrary motion quavers

name the harmonic device at bar 81

perfect cadence

what happens at bar 84

haydn introduces new thematic material, contrasting

what harmonic device is there at bar 83-84?

interupted cadence (E major -\> F\# major, the dominant of B minor) moving into B minor

what key are we in at bar 84

B minor

how does the instrumentation change at bar 84

reduced to strings and first bassoon only

what key do we reach at bar 93?

A major (via. circle of fifths)

what section starts at bar 102?

codetta

how does the codetta utilize material from S1

unison stamping motif from bar 108-121

what chord is played at bar 118

A major (dominant)

what section begins at bar 118(4)?

development

describe the texture of bars 118-122

sparse

what does violin 2 play at bar 118-122?

a rhythmic variation of the motif from the opening theme

describe the dynamics at bar 123

forte

how does the instrumentation change at 123

cello, double bass and bassoon play the main melody, with countermelodies in other instruments

what melodic feature is there at bar 133?

rising 5 note scales in a descending sequence playedd by bassoons, in contrary motion with violin 1

what key does the piece modulate to at bar 129?

E minor (relative of D major)

how does the texture change at bar 139?

the violins play fast paced quaver sequence with a homophonic accompaniment

what happens at bar 166

bar of silence, normally signifying the end of a movement.

describe the development from bar 166 onwards

piano dynamics, slow paced, polyphonic, use of the second part of the second subject

What section starts at bar 195?

recapitulation, subject 1

what instruments play the main melody

first violins and oboes

what is the difference between the orchestration of the exposition and recap

frull orchestra enters at 203 after the 8 bar motif, same material at 19 (the full orchestra didn't join the exposition until bar 19

what section starts at bar 221

second subject

how is the S1 theme used from bar 221

8 bar motif is heard in the low strings, horns and oboes

describe the use of chords in bars 233-238

same syncopated chords from the transition passage in the exposition

what chord progression is heard from bar 244

Ib-IV-Ic-V (sounds final), but is followed by another V chord in bar 247

What section is heard at bar 265?

closing section

What does the closing section consist of?

lots of rhythmic variations and sequences of the main theme