14
14
0
Classical Music
Live Music
Writing Music
Musician
Death
Posted 3 y ago
Responses: 3
6
6
0
4
4
0
Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for posting JOSEPH HAYDN Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, Vera Quartet performed on Thursday, January 23, 2019 at Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. in honor of the death of Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn who died on May 31, 1809 at the age of 77.
Rest in peace Franz Joseph Haydn
"Joseph Haydn earned the label “the father of the string quartet” thanks to his masterful development of this musical form over his entirety of his career, writing more than sixty quartets. Haydn spent most of his life working for the nobility, and initially experimented with this ensemble to provide background music for parties. Gradually he elevated the form, texture, and substance of the string quartet so that it could emerge from the background to center stage, commanding the attention of the audience with its symphonic scope.
The Opus 76 quartets were written toward the end of Haydn’s life, after he had achieved great success and fame, and are hailed as some of his greatest quartet masterworks. The first quartet of the set claims the listener’s attention from its very opening, with three declamatory chords in the Allegro con spirito. Haydn keeps the surprises coming: the cello and viola are in the forefront with solos, building to duos, until finally all four instruments join together. The Adagio sostenuto is an ode to Haydn’s vocal compositions of the same period, as the melody sings in a hymn-like texture, eventually leading to the energetic Menuet: Presto. He saves one final surprise for the Finale: Allegro ma non troppo by beginning the movement in G minor and building tension, only to return to the original key and end as he began: with the same three triumphant chords that opened the quartet.
—Hannah Horine"
FYI Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Greg Henning Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Tom Burns SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SMSgt David A Asbury SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SPC Michael Terrell Sgt (Join to see) COL Mikel J. Burroughs TSgt David L. PO2 Fred Dunn SPC Chris Hallgrimson SGT John " Mac " McConnell Sgt John H.
Rest in peace Franz Joseph Haydn
"Joseph Haydn earned the label “the father of the string quartet” thanks to his masterful development of this musical form over his entirety of his career, writing more than sixty quartets. Haydn spent most of his life working for the nobility, and initially experimented with this ensemble to provide background music for parties. Gradually he elevated the form, texture, and substance of the string quartet so that it could emerge from the background to center stage, commanding the attention of the audience with its symphonic scope.
The Opus 76 quartets were written toward the end of Haydn’s life, after he had achieved great success and fame, and are hailed as some of his greatest quartet masterworks. The first quartet of the set claims the listener’s attention from its very opening, with three declamatory chords in the Allegro con spirito. Haydn keeps the surprises coming: the cello and viola are in the forefront with solos, building to duos, until finally all four instruments join together. The Adagio sostenuto is an ode to Haydn’s vocal compositions of the same period, as the melody sings in a hymn-like texture, eventually leading to the energetic Menuet: Presto. He saves one final surprise for the Finale: Allegro ma non troppo by beginning the movement in G minor and building tension, only to return to the original key and end as he began: with the same three triumphant chords that opened the quartet.
—Hannah Horine"
FYI Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Greg Henning Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Tom Burns SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SMSgt David A Asbury SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SPC Michael Terrell Sgt (Join to see) COL Mikel J. Burroughs TSgt David L. PO2 Fred Dunn SPC Chris Hallgrimson SGT John " Mac " McConnell Sgt John H.
(4)
(0)
3
3
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google