Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" in E minor, Double Bass Excerpt Explain | Joseph Conyers
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Haydn’s compositional output was unparalleled. So much so that he was known as the “Father of the string quartet,” and “Father of the symphony,” because of his contribution to each. Although only a handful of his symphonies get performed regularly, Haydn wrote 104 of them. Known as the “Trauer” symphony, number 44 is among those regularly performed, at least in my personal experience. When talking about the Classical period, everyone brings up Mozart as he is lauded as a genius. Sometimes Haydn doesn’t get nearly as much credit even though he did some really innovative things in his symphonies in terms of the writing and harmony. Haydn’s writing often has a spirit and vivacity that is unique to him. This excerpt, taken from the fourth movement, is a great example of this spirit. It is written in a 2/2 time signature with a “presto” tempo marking. It should feel like it is in one and the quarter notes should feel like eighth notes. It is also a good opportunity to talk about phrasing style in terms of note lengths, when to use vibrato, octaves, etc.
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Many thanks for this outstanding discussion of the exciting finale of the 'Trauersymphonie'. I greatly enjoyed your collective performance of this work, and of 'La Passione' (No. 49), on the Digital Stage of the Philadelphia Orchestra earlier this year, and would encourage continued exploration of early and 'middle period' Haydn Symphonies on this type of platform - a repertoire with which the Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, clearly has a strong affinity. With the complete edition of Haydn's works published by the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne now actually complete (after decades of sustained effort), and several complete recordings of the Haydn symphonies also available, the opportunity for musicians and music enthusiasts to become familiar with this unparalleled repertoire is much greater than when my interest in Haydn started to develop in the late 1950s and early 1960s (when there was, admittedly, a tremendous sense of discovery as one's familiarity with previously 'unavailable' works of superlative quality gradually increased during the subsequent years).
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I’m a bass performance undergrad and I can’t thank you enough for all your valuable insights. Thank you!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Master!!
Thank you!!
Hayden 44 is one of my favorites as well as the farewell symphony. Being a German bow player myself, I think French bow is the way to go when playing Hayden and Mozart
Haha! They do provide copious amounts of string crossings to maneuver. 😉
I love these videos-what a great look into your process and thinking!
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Thanks, man! I'm trying to be at least 1/100th as informative as you are to the bass world! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾