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London Symphonies
The London symphonies, sometimes called the Salomon symphonies after Johann Peter Salomon who introduced London to Joseph Haydn, were composed by Joseph Haydn between 1791 and 1795. They can be categorized into two groups: Symphonies Nos. 93–98, which were composed during Haydn's first visit to London, and Symphonies Nos. 99–104, composed in Vienna and London for Haydn's second visit.Webster, James: ‘Haydn, Joseph’, Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 8 March 2008). Every London Symphony, apart from No. 95, has a slow introduction to the first movement. * Symphony No. 93 in D major ( 1791) * Symphony No. 94 in G major, ''The Surprise'' ( 1791) * Symphony No. 95 in C minor ( 1791) * Symphony No. 96 in D major, ''The Miracle'' ( 1791) * Symphony No. 97 in C major ( 1792) * Symphony No. 98 in B major ( 1792) * Symphony No. 99 in E major ( 1793) * Symphony No. 100 in G major, ''Military'' ( 1793– 1794) * Symphony No. 101 in D major, ''The Clock'' ( 1793– 179 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Peter Salomon
Johann Peter Salomon (20 February 1745 [baptized] – 25 November 1815) was a German violinist, composer, conducting, conductor and musical impresario. Although an accomplished violinist, he is best known for bringing Joseph Haydn to London and for conducting the symphonies that Haydn wrote during his stay in England. He also knew and worked with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Life Johann Peter Salomon was born in January 1745 into a Jewish family in Bonn (but was baptized as an infant) and was the second son of Philipp Salomon, an oboe, oboist at the court in Bonn. His birth home was at Bonngasse 515, coincidentally the later birth home of Ludwig van Beethoven#Flats of the Beethoven family, Beethoven. In 1758, at the age of thirteen, he became a violinist in the orchestra of the Elector Clemens August at Bonn.Clarke, A. M. "Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers." ''Musical standard 3'' (1895), no. 64: 242–243, ProQuest. Seven years later, Salomon went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led him to be called "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String quartet". Haydn arose from humble origins, the child of working people in a rural village. He established his career first by serving as a chorister at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, then through an arduous period as a freelance musician. Eventually he found career success, spending much of his working life as Kapellmeister, music director for the wealthy Esterházy family at their palace of Eszterháza in rural Hungary. Though he had his own orchestra there, it isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become original". During this period his music circulated widely in publication, eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony No
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, or Mahler's Second Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1791 In Music
The year 1791 in music involved some significant events. Events *January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England at the invitation of London resident impresario Johann Peter Salomon; here his concerts are huge successes. On March 11, the first of his London symphonies, Symphony No. 96, is premièred at the Hanover Square Rooms. On July 8 he is awarded an honorary doctorate of music at the University of Oxford and probably conducts his Symphony No. 92 in the Sheldonian Theatre as part of the ceremonials. *Mid-July – An emissary of Count Franz von Walsegg commissions a ''Requiem'' for the late Countess Anna from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. *August 24 – Official opening of the Teatro Riccardi opera house in Bergamo, Lombardy, with a production of Pietro Metastasio's '' Didone abbandonata'' set to music by multiple composers including Ferdinando Bertoni, Giacomo Rampini, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Giuseppe Gazzaniga and Giovanni Paisiello. *September 6 – Premiè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1792 In Music
Events *January 26 – Harriet Wainwright's opera ''Comala'' is performed at the Hanover Square Rooms in London. Charles Burney and Joseph Haydn are in the audience and praise the work. *April 13 – Joseph Martin Kraus's ''Symphonie funèbre'' is played at the funeral of Gustavus III of Sweden. *May 16 – La Fenice in Venice is inaugurated with a performance of Giovanni Paisiello's opera ''I giuochi d'Agrigento''. *July 11–14 – The Belfast Harp Festival in Ireland brings together and records the work of most of the remaining traditional players of the clàrsach. It is organised by Dr. James McDonnell, Robert Bradshaw and Henry Joy McCracken in the Assembly Rooms, Belfast, and Edward Bunting is one of three transcribers of the music. Bands disbanded *The Academy of Ancient Music (formed 1726) Popular Music *"Ye brave sons of Britain" by William Parsons *"Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" aka "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Classical music *Claude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 In Music
Events *September 25 – The Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the "black Mozart", loses his command and is imprisoned at Houdainville. * Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11 in his birthplace of Genoa. * Westminster Quarters first written, for the bells of a new clock at the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, by Prof. Joseph Jowett, probably with Prof. John Randall or William Crotch. Popular Music * Nehemiah Shumway – The American Harmony, including "Schenectady" *George Thomson – ''A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice'' Classical music * Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – Variations on La Marseillaise *Ludwig van Beethoven – Ein Selbstgespräch, WoO 114 *Domenico Cimarosa – Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major, G.1077 *Muzio Clementi **3 Piano Trios, Op. 29 **3 Piano Trios, Op. 32 * Jan Ladislav Dussek **6 Piano Sonatinas, Op. 19 **Piano Concerto No.5, Op. 22 **''The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23'' *Joseph Haydn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1794 In Music
Events *Joseph Haydn begins his second visit to London *Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is expelled from the palace in Johannesberg after a dispute with his patron Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, ending nearly a quarter of a century in his service there. Classical music *Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major *William Billings – The Continental Harmony *Benjamin Carr – The Federal Overture *Domenico Cimarosa – ''Il trionfo della fede'', sacred oratorio premiered May 3 in Naples *Muzio Clementi **Violin Sonata in C major, Op.30 **Flute Sonata in A major, Op.31 **3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 33 **Piano Trio, WO 6 *Jan Ladislav Dussek – 12 Leçons progressives * Anton Eberl – Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 1 * Joseph Eybler **''Christmas Oratorio'' **3 String Quartets, Op. 1 * Lev Gurilyov – Piano Sonata No.1 *Joseph Haydn ** Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military" ** Symphony No. 101 in D major, "Clock" ** Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major, Hob.I:102 **Dive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1795 In Music
Events *Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna following second London visit. *Franz Krommer settles in Vienna. *Ludwig van Beethoven makes his public performance debut as a pianist Opera * Louis Emmanuel Jadin ''Le Cabaleur'' *Vicente Martín y Soler – '' La Capricciosa Correta'' *Antonio Salieri – '' Palmira'' Classical music *Johann Georg Albrechtsberger – 6 String Trios, Op. 9 *Ludwig van Beethoven **12 Minuets, WoO 7 **German Dances, WoO 8 **6 Minuets, WoO 9 **6 Minuets, WoO 10 **Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano', WoO 28 **9 Variations on 'Quant'e piu bello', WoO 69 **6 Variations on 'Nel cor piu non mi sento', WoO 70 **''Im Arm der Liebe ruht sich's wohl'', WoO 159 **'' Three Piano Trios, Op. 1'' **String Quintet in E-flat major, Op.4 **Sextet in E-flat major, Op.81b ** Rondo a capriccio, Op.129 *Muzio Clementi – 2 Piano Sonatas and 2 Capriccios, Op. 34 *Jean-Louis Duport – 6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 4 *Adalbert Gyrowetz **''Three Flute Quartets, Op. 11'' **3 String ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonies By Joseph Haydn
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, or Mahler's Second Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
