Muzikološki Zbornik (Dec 2007)

A Capricious Aspect of a Haydn Quartet: Parallels Linking Musical Phrasing to Italian Poetic Theory

  • Sven H. Hansell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.43.2.43-56
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 2
pp. 43 – 56

Abstract

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Haydn’s Quartet op. 9, no.6, illustrates the application of poetic conventions to music. Viewed as a Capriccio, movement 1 discloses a labyrinthine rhythmic structure both didactic and amusing. A table of musical rhythms and inventory of musical phrase types supplement analyses.

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