| Tartalmi leírás: |
The study revisits Haydn’s Erdődy Quartets with the premise that it was Haydn’s intention to copy the scores of three of the six — in D minor, B-flat and E-flat — as
exemplum
for his own library, and there is no reason to assume that such scores of the other three once existed. While the compositional
tour de force
in the D minor is the opening movement, the slow movements of the B-flat and E-flat form a carefully crafted pair of compositional essays (although they exhibit other special features, such as the E-flat’s
Alternativo
renditions of different lengths). From the same motivic starting point, both in 3/4 time, the E-flat Adagio of the B-flat major quartet and the B major
Fantasia
of the E-flat quartet present diametrically opposed strategies of the learned style. The focus in the
Sunrise
is on the meter, pulsation, and rhythm (including subtleties such as
per arsin et thesin
entries), while in the oft-analysed
Fantasia
it is on the modulation and the surprising shifts of key.
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| Azonosító: |
Somfai, László (2010) “…They are full of invention, fire, good taste, and new effects” Two compositional essays in the “Erdődy” quartets Op. 76. Studia Musicologica, 51 (3-4). pp. 317-324. ISSN 1788-6244
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