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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

QUOTE:
"To send light into the darkness of men's
  hearts-such is the duty of the artist."
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Art is created to make a better world."


COMPOSER
HAYDN
Haydn and Companions Perform a String Quartet
EMPEROR QUARTET in C MAJOR
HOB lll. 77, OP. 76 NO. 3
Movement 1
Allegro
Kodály Quartet
Emperor 1st movement, 1st theme
Emperor 1st movement, 2nd theme

EMPEROR QUARTET in C MAJOR
HOB lll. 77, OP. 76 NO. 3
Movement 2
Poco Adagio, Cantabile
Kodály Quartet
Joseph Haydn, Composer
(It comes from the 3rd movement of Haydn's Kaiser Quartet)

EMPEROR QUARTET in C MAJOR
HOB lll. 77, OP. 76 NO. 3
Movement 3
Menuetto Allegro
Kodály Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Mm_g63UP8
Emperor 3rd movement, 1st theme
Emperor 3rd movement, 2nd theme

EMPEROR QUARTET in C MAJOR
HOB lll. 77, OP. 76 NO. 3
Movement 4
Finale: Presto
Kodály Quartet
Emperor 3th movement, main theme


Emperor Quartet Hob. III:77 
Composed 1797
The Emperor Quartet derives its name from the
set of four variations in the second movement
on the so-called Kaiser Hymn.
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
St. Thaddaeus' Episcopal Church Choir
http://musicofyesterday.com/sheet-music-g/glorious-things-thee-spoken/

This quartet fell out of favor during
World War II since the song was also

Nazi Germany National Anthem
(A Part of a Double Anthem)
During WW II (1933-1945)
http://germanenglishwords.com/rlgd.htm
but Haydn’s grace can’t be kept
down by a historical anomaly.
00:00 THEME A
00:15 THEME A
00:29 THEME B
00:39 THEME C
01:05 THEME C
01:24 VARIATION I
02:31 VARIATION II
03:50 VARIATION III
05:12 VARIATION IV 
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 syncopation
from the other instrumentalists. The final variation
hints at E minor, before ending somberly and
quietly in G major.
Haydn Discovery
Op. 76, No. 3 "Emperor" Quartet
Geoff Nuttall and his St. Lawrence String Quartet
colleagues will reveal Haydn’s genius by
unpacking this masterpiece via "active listening."
Recorded by Da Camera of Houston, September 27, 2014


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