Piano trio Hob.XV: 31

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The Trio Hob.XV: 31 in E flat minor for harpsichord or pianoforte , violin and violoncello is a two-movement work by Joseph Haydn ; Haydn's original autograph exists .

background

Haydn dedicated the first edition of the E-flat minor piano trio in August 1803 to the Viennese pianist Magdalena von Kurzböck (1767–1845). The work was originally composed for the London-based pianist Theresa Jansen (later Jansen-Bartolozzi, 1770–1843). Sources provide different information about the publisher of the first edition. On the one hand Johann Traeg (Vienna) is given in 1803, on the other hand Artaria Vienna 1803. The first movement was composed in 1795, the second in 1794. The date of the premiere is not known.

The second movement was headed by Haydn “Sonata Jacob's Dream by Dr. Haydn ... 794 “. According to the tradition of the Haydn biographer Albert Christoph Dies , the name "Jacob's Dream" arose based on the Old Testament story of Jacob's dream , in which he saw the ladder to heaven with ascending and descending angels. Haydn had anonymously sent the composition to the pianist Theresa Jansen (initially in the duo version for piano and violin), knowing that she would play it with an amateur violinist who had the habit of playing top notes too close to the bridge . In interaction with Jansen he regularly got stuck here, whereupon Jansen, in association with the title “Jacob's Dream”, had to think of the ascending and descending angels on the ladder to heaven, which made her laugh.

When the two movements were merged, Haydn later overwritten the beginning of the work with In Nomine Dei and put Laus Deo at the end and tried to erase the former name of Jakob's dream as well as the history of its origin.

A duo version for violin and piano was created after Prince Eszterházy Haydn had composed a violin sonata for the wife of the French General Moreau , Alexandrine Louise Eugénie Moreau, b. Hulot d´Oseray (1781–1821). There have been several publications of this. Despite the important piano role, the violin part is also well composed. In 1821 Naderman published the work in Paris as a piano-violin sonata with Haydn's dedication to “Madame la Maréchale Moreau”.

1st movement: Andante cantabile

The tempo of the first movement in 2/4 time is an “ andante e cantabile ”. This means that this sentence can be "played" calmly, "walking" and singingly. There are a number of approaches to analyze this movement, which Haydn designed in a free and imaginative way.

The first set is a five-part rondo shape (ABACA). The couplets (B / C) use motifs from the refrain. The refrain (A) is literally repeated at first and only varied the third time. Haydn combines the song variation (Avar) with the shape of a rondo. In the autograph, the first repetition of A is noted by the note “Da capo il minore senza ripetizione” without being written out.

2nd movement: Allegro non troppo

Overall, this movement with the designation Allegro non troppo follows the scheme AB-A'-Coda. As in the first movement, the violin is played independently, and the technical requirements of the violin and the piano are comparable. The virtuosity of the piano setting is similar to the group of trios Hob.XV: 27–29 and indicates that the trio was written for the pianist Therese Jansen. The ambitus of the piano ranges from B to c ´´´, with the violin Haydn even goes to the top note g sharp ´´´ ​​in a B major passage.

HC Robbins Landon describes it as "thorny, dry, totally intellectual, and almost devoid of normal emotions". Dry humor and cheerfulness characterize the second movement. Irony, virtuosity, eccentricity and simplicity come together in this sentence, which hides the appearance of normality. Charles Rosen presents the movement as almost without melody . Short melodic gestures, one after the other, the staccato accompaniment of the piano and the violent dialogue between the piano and the violin, which takes on a melodic function, lead to an unusual musical tension in the motifs.

See also

literature

  • Jürgen Brauner: Studies on the piano trios by Joseph Haydn . University thesis and dissertation, pages 302–305; 348-357, Schneider, Tutzing, 1995, ISBN 978-3-7952-0808-0
  • Robbins Landon , Howard Chandler: Haydn. Chronicle and Works . Five volumes, pages 72-76; 199-225, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1976-1980

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Therese Jansen Bartolozzi; Life; Work dedicated to Therese Jansen. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Piano Trio in E flat minor, Hob. XV: 31 | Chamber music guide - Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e christian: Haydn - Trio Hob.XV: 31 | Claus-Christian Schuster. Accessed October 12, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Haydn: Trio in E flat minor Hob.XV: 31 (“Jakobs Traum”) - Altenberg Trio. Retrieved October 12, 2019 (American English).
  5. ^ Duisburger Philharmoniker: The Piano Trio in E flat minor, Hob. XV: 31, in: Concert program. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Irmgard Becker-Glauch: Foreword. Henle Verlag GmbH, 1986, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Jürgen Brauner 1995: Studies on the Piano Trios by Joseph Haydn. Tutzing: Tailor. Page 350
  8. ↑ Jürgen Brauner 1995: Studies on the Piano Trios by Joseph Haydn. Tutzing: Tailor. Page 350