Haydn an Icon during the Enlightenment
The transition from the Baroque to the Classical era was a shift that occurred between the early 1730’s to the 1760’s. There were many influences, styles, currents, and much more comprehensive material that has been obtained which can be understood before we truly come to experience the full depth of music in these periods beforehand. The “Classical” era has come to be referred to as a period of Enlightenment, which meant more of a rationalistic and scientific approach to how society thought or governed. This period of Enlightenment tended to have lasted from the 1760’s throughout the early 18th century. This “Age of Reason”, referred to by many, questioned traditional authority and embraced the thought …show more content…
This was influenced by the Enlightenment and later began to allow all individuals to partake in these social debates. In addition to the middle class workers, music also took a turn from a court style topic into some Länlder influenced varying forms of music through the development of the wood wind and string ensembles into particular movements in music to create new affects while arousing the middle class audience who could now also partake in the enjoyment of music. The best-known personification of this would be Franz Joseph Haydn and how he develops his first major symphonies he did on commission OP 33 No 2 in Eb Major (1781), Sinfonia No. 7 “Le midi” (1761), or even his Paris symphonies developed while at his stay at the Loge Olympinge in 1786 to reflect these developments expressing the shift towards Enlightenment. This shift in music may have been possible because Haydn wanted to convey these enlightened notions through music to the middle class in a way since he may have felt connected to them because he had to work for his fortunes, and not be given everything like the supreme upper class. Haydn’s time working as a composer for commission led to him developing structural changes in music which were influenced by …show more content…
Haydn is an Austrian composer, born 1732, who more than any other epitomizes the achievements of the Classical music era. His most notable accomplishments are involved in how he developed and evolved countless subtle structural principles in the history of music. His employment began when he was eight years old and a musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna observed him on his visit to Hainburg inviting him to serve as the chorister at the Austrian capital’s most important church. This lasted for nine years ultimately because this is when his voice started to change and he was expelled from cathedral choir. Thus this started his independent studies as a fortunate chance led him to meet the Italian singing teacher and composer Nicola Porpora who took Haydn in as an accompanist for voice lessons as well as aide in the revision of his compositions. Because of his persistence Haydn made progress and in 1756/7 he was later introduced to Karl von Fürnberg whom he ended up playing chamber music for in his home as a form of summer employment. Through Furnberg’s recommendation he was named musical director in 1759 and a chamber composer for Ferdinand Maximilian von Morzin. This meant he was put in charge of an orchestra of 16 musicians for an ensemble where he
The transition from the Baroque to the Classical era was a shift that occurred between the early 1730’s to the 1760’s. There were many influences, styles, currents, and much more comprehensive material that has been obtained which can be understood before we truly come to experience the full depth of music in these periods beforehand. The “Classical” era has come to be referred to as a period of Enlightenment, which meant more of a rationalistic and scientific approach to how society thought or governed. This period of Enlightenment tended to have lasted from the 1760’s throughout the early 18th century. This “Age of Reason”, referred to by many, questioned traditional authority and embraced the thought …show more content…
This was influenced by the Enlightenment and later began to allow all individuals to partake in these social debates. In addition to the middle class workers, music also took a turn from a court style topic into some Länlder influenced varying forms of music through the development of the wood wind and string ensembles into particular movements in music to create new affects while arousing the middle class audience who could now also partake in the enjoyment of music. The best-known personification of this would be Franz Joseph Haydn and how he develops his first major symphonies he did on commission OP 33 No 2 in Eb Major (1781), Sinfonia No. 7 “Le midi” (1761), or even his Paris symphonies developed while at his stay at the Loge Olympinge in 1786 to reflect these developments expressing the shift towards Enlightenment. This shift in music may have been possible because Haydn wanted to convey these enlightened notions through music to the middle class in a way since he may have felt connected to them because he had to work for his fortunes, and not be given everything like the supreme upper class. Haydn’s time working as a composer for commission led to him developing structural changes in music which were influenced by …show more content…
Haydn is an Austrian composer, born 1732, who more than any other epitomizes the achievements of the Classical music era. His most notable accomplishments are involved in how he developed and evolved countless subtle structural principles in the history of music. His employment began when he was eight years old and a musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna observed him on his visit to Hainburg inviting him to serve as the chorister at the Austrian capital’s most important church. This lasted for nine years ultimately because this is when his voice started to change and he was expelled from cathedral choir. Thus this started his independent studies as a fortunate chance led him to meet the Italian singing teacher and composer Nicola Porpora who took Haydn in as an accompanist for voice lessons as well as aide in the revision of his compositions. Because of his persistence Haydn made progress and in 1756/7 he was later introduced to Karl von Fürnberg whom he ended up playing chamber music for in his home as a form of summer employment. Through Furnberg’s recommendation he was named musical director in 1759 and a chamber composer for Ferdinand Maximilian von Morzin. This meant he was put in charge of an orchestra of 16 musicians for an ensemble where he