Symphony No. 57 (Haydn)

The Symphony No. 57 in D major, Hoboken I/57, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed in 1774. It is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings.

Movements

  1. Adagio – (Allegro)
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuet & trio: Allegretto
  4. Finale: Prestissimo

Daniel Heartz has noted Haydn's use of a "repeated D motif", from the very beginning of the symphony throughout the work.[1] The second movement is structured as a theme with four variations. The finale is based a traditional melody which was also used by Baroque composer Alessandro Poglietti in his composition "Canzona and Capriccio on the Racket of Hen and Rooster".[2] Here, the melody is adapted to a tarantella/saltarello dance rhythm similar to the previous Symphony No. 56.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Heartz, Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School, 1740-1780 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995) (ISBN 0393965333), pp. 368–71.
  2. ↑ H. C. Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976– ) v. 2: "Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766–1790".
  3. ↑ A. Peter Brown, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2) (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002) (ISBN 025333487X), pp. 157–159.
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