2/19/2023 0 Comments Haydn compositions![]() ![]() His melodies have that kind of feel for me. With Haydn, he thinks more instrumentally. If you can imagine it with a vocal, or being kind of hummable like a song, then that's how Mozart composed his symphonies, concertos, chamber music, etc. Mozart's instrumental music mirrors his talent at writing opera & vocal music. This is how I see it, and some writer I read said it too. It is for this reason that Mozart stands above Haydn. His achievements with the piano concerto and opera are nearly unrivaled by any composer. Beyond this Mozart produced an array of brilliant compositions within nearly every genre imaginable. Mozart's greatest achievements within any one of those genre, however, are quite likely greater than anything achieved by Haydn. Haydn produced a marvelous array of symphonies, string quartets, and choral music that are all far larger than the major works produced by Mozart within those genre. 525, and even the marvelous late works for glass harmonica. there are too many for the novice to begin to develop a grasp of these.īeyond the piano concertos and the operas and concert arias, Mozart also has more than a few masterful compositions in any number of other genre: the clarinet quintet, the clarinet concerto, the concerto for flute and harp, the four horn concertos, Sinfonia concertante, K 364, there are the late violin sonatas, the string quintets (mostly late mature works), the flute quartets, the trio for clarinet, cello and piano (Kegelstatt Trio), the piano quartets, the serenades.certainly the major serenades such as "Serenata Notturna", K. there's no catchy tune to immediately glom onto. ![]() Mahler is largely unknown because the movements are too broad and sprawling. If Mozart's last few symphonies are popular with the general public it is in part because these few works with short, catchy tunes are frequently played. and Mahler is also irrelevant, Bruckner non-existent, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Pachelbel's Canon and Strauss Blue Danube are the greatest works of music of all time. because they virtaully composed nothing but opera. If you are citing the opinions of the general public then you must believe that Wagner and Verdi and Puccini are all irrelevant. The fact that the general public probably doesn't like opera is irrelevant for the simple reason that the opinions of the general public with regard to classical music are largely irrelevant. He composed seven major opera, with four towering works that stand among the greatest and most influential work in the genre. He is also far ahead the greater composer when it comes to opera and concert arias. Indeed, I would be hard-put to think of any other composer who might surpass him considering this body of work as a whole. Mozart clearly dominates when it comes to the piano concertos. It's just not something I return to very often. What was the point of the first three minutes apart from the sweep of the drums at the very beginning? The main melody that is introduced at the three minute mark dominates the rest of the movement, and in no way was this a set up for some "climax" a la the first movement of Mahler's 9th. Take Symphony 103 for example, first movement. My biggest problem with Haydn's symphonies is that sometimes they're incredibly repetitive and there's an incredible amount of "filler" - I often get the sense that they're really longer than Mahler's. Which ones would you say are Haydn's best apart from the London ones? And what are your favorite movements in the London symphonies? ![]() The last movement of the Jupiter is one of my favorite movements in any symphony, period. From the 35th symphony onward I'd take any Mozart over Haydn for for 40 and 41 it's not even close. Can't decide since I've listened to only around 1/10 of Haydn's symphonies but with what I've listened to I'm leaning towards Mozart but my tendency towards privileging quality over quantity is more extreme than most. ![]()
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