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Variations In F Minor
The Andante with variations in F minor (Hoboken catalog, Hoboken XVII:6), also known as Un piccolo divertimento, is a work for piano composed by Joseph Haydn in 1793. Musical form The work takes the form of a set of double variations, a musical form particularly favored by Haydn. The first theme is in F minor and the second theme in F major. Each theme is in two parts, with each part repeated. After the two themes are played, both are varied, with two variations of each, arranged alternatingly. Once the variations are complete, the first theme returns in its original form, though without repeats. It is not played completely but interrupted near the end by an extended coda (music), coda, which concludes the work. The coda is heard by many as expressing anguish; for instance, James Leonard describes it as an "enormous and heartrending coda, a rhapsodic outpouring of grief and rage that ultimately collapses into a quiet, final leave-taking at the end." The critic Richard Wigmore des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoboken Catalog
The Hoboken catalogue is a catalogue of the musical compositions by Joseph Haydn compiled by Anthony van Hoboken. It is intended to cover the composer's entire oeuvre and includes over 750 entries. Its full title in the original German is ''Joseph Haydn, Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis'' ("Joseph Haydn, thematic-bibliographic catalogue of works"). The Haydn catalogue that now bears Hoboken's name was begun in card format in 1934; work continued until the publication of the third and final book volume in 1978. Works by Haydn are often indicated using their Hoboken catalogue number, typically in the format "Violin Concerto No. 1 (Haydn), Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1". The catalogue The catalogue is a massive work; a currently available version runs to 1936 pages. Each work is given with an identifying incipit, printed on a single musical line. There is discussion of manuscript sources, early editions, listing in previous catalogues (including the two Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
