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AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
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COMPOSER
HAYDN
HAYDN
Haydn and Companions Perform a String Quartet
Emperor Quartet in C Major
Movement 1
Movement 1
Emperor Quartet in C Major
Movement 2
Movement 2
Emperor Quartet in C Major
Movement 3
Movement 3
Emperor Quartet Hob. III:77
Franz Joseph Haydn
Composed 1797
ARTICLE TAKEN FROM THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The Emperor Quartet derives its name from the set of four variations in the second movement on the so-called Kaiser hymne. This well-known song is God Save the Queen to the English, Gott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser to the Viennese, and Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken to English-speaking Christians. The quartet fell out of favor during World War II since the song was also the German National Anthem, but Haydn’s grace can’t be kept down by a historical anomaly. After a chorale setting of the tune, the first variation is for the two violins, with the first spinning a series of virtuosic arpeggios around the melody in the second. The cellist takes the song in the next variation with the other instruments decorating and providing harmony, and the third features the viola with the melody against a series of syncopations from the other instrumentalists. The final variation hints at E minor, before ending somberly and quietly in G major.
The quartet opens with a spirited, and traditional, sonata-form movement. The third movement’s Menuett takes a lively chromatic trip, especially in the middle Trio section, and the closing movement summons some of the virtuosic fiddle work of the second movement’s second variation. If anything, it’s even fiery here, punctuated by several violent outbursts.
MARC GEELHOED ©2011
Max Oppenheimer "The Klinger Quartet"
GENERAL MUSIC
01. NET BOOK CART TASK: MAKING AN INSTRUMENT
........a. WENT OVER EXPECTATIONS OF THE TASK
..............1) USE THE COMPUTER (GOOGLE DOCS) and INTERNET TO RESEARCH HOW TO MAKE AN
INSTRUMENT
..............2) CREATE A DOCUMENT TO PLACE ON A WEBSITE ABOUT HOW TO MAKE AN INSTRUMENT
INCLUDING INGREDIENTS NEEDED and SEQUENTIAL DIRECTIONS
....................a) USE OF LINKS (FIND AT LEAST 10)
....................b) ADD PICTURES
....................c) MAKE THE DOCUMENT VISUALLY PLEASING INCLUDING THE USE OF COLORS and FONTS
....................d) USE OF PROPER GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION, and SPELLING
..............3) LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS and HOW THEY PRODUCE SOUNDS
....................a) NAME THE TYPE OF INSTRUMENT TO BE MADE
....................b) EXPLAIN HOW THE INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED
....................c) DESCRIBE THE SOUNDS THAT THE INSTRUMENT MAKES
..............4) MAKE THE INSTRUMENT and PRESENT and DEMONSTRATE TO THE CLASS
........b. PROCEDURES FOR HOW TO SIGN-IN TO GOOGLE DOCS
........c. PROCEDURES ON HOW TO START and NAME A DOCUMENT
........d. HOW TO RESEARCH and CREATE LINKS ON A DOCUMENT
..............1) STUDENTS TO FIND 10 LINKS ON HOW TO BUILD AN INSTRUMENT
(to be continued next week)
ADV. STRINGS
01. LOS MACHETES
02. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03. HOUDINI
BEG. STRINGS
02. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03. HOUDINI
BEG. STRINGS
01. VOLVER, VOLVER
02. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
02. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN