Haydn's 104th Symphony Movement 1 Melody

fanfare motif bars 1-2 begins triumphantly

quiet answering phrase in introduction (narrower range than fanfare+conjunct)

S1 predominantly conjunct

phrasing mainly periodic

phrase sections of S1: X, Y, Z, cadential figure

Musical features of S1 - X melody has passing notes leading up to Y melody

• Y melody has staccatos to create interest in a simple phrase.

• Z melody a descending scale

• starts with symmetry of two sets of 8 bars which are similar, contains an inversion of Z in bars 29-30, contains a diminution of Z bar 41

Who mainly carries the melody in the first subject? The violin until bar 32 where the flute takes the melody.

Treatment/development bars 124-144 - melody Y is played in a variety of different registers and in different keys. The melody is turned minor by making the interval between the 4th and 5th note into a minor 2nd. The staccato notes throughout are a reference to Melody Y bar 1.

Treatment/development bars 172-192 - melody Y is played higher and higher until it reaches a top G in bar 191 in the violin I. Melody Y is used as a pedal in Bar 179 in the bassoon, the trumpet, the horn, violin II and the viola. There is an augmentation of Melody X in bar 188 in the flute part.

Monothematicism uses one theme repeatedly but puts it through 'processes' - to create interest has to vary the theme

Which 'processes' does Haydn use? retrograde, inversion, transposition, fragmentation, decoration, diminution, augmentation, sequence, imitation

S2b quaver passage work rather than thematic material

bars 286-288 - arpeggio type figuration