To argue this, specific formal, harmonic, melodic features from individual movements are analyzed and assessed several striking characteristics, demonstrating radical innovations usually recognized in Beethoven shall be revealed. Therefore, a case shall be made for their being eminently Classical. This essay thus argues against such assessment and periodization, especially in the light of the innovations heralded by the Esterházy Sonatas, as well as other works of this period. Since Charles Rosen set the beginning of the Classical style at roughly 1780, others have described Haydn’s earlier works as “stylistically unformed”. These deceptively original sonatas, I will argue, have not been awarded their due by musicologists or theorists. Haydn, Esterházy, Piano Sonatas, String Quartets, Beethoven, Classical Style, Sonata Form, Charles Rosen, Robbins LandonĪBSTRACT: This essay focuses on Haydn’s set of 6 Esterházy Piano Sonatas, composed in 1773. London: Faber & Faber.Ī Reevaluation of Haydn’s Keyboard Sonatas of 1773 The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven.
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