Piano Trio No. 39 (Haydn)
The piano trio No. 39 in G major Hob. XV / 25 by Joseph Haydn was composed in 1795. It is probably Haydn's best-known piano trio and is referred to as the “Gypsy Trio ” because its final movement was written as a rondo “in the Hungarian way”.
construction
The trio consists of three movements:
- Andante (G major, 2/4 time)
- Poco adagio , cantabile (E major, 3/4 time)
- Finale . Rondo a l'Ongarese: Presto (G major, 2/4 time)
In composing this work, Haydn does not stick to the common three-movement sonata form with a beginning movement , but rather uses a theme in the first movement in a rondo-like variation. The melodic second movement is divided into three parts, with the middle part in A major being performed by the violin. In the spirited third movement in the Hungarian style, Haydn sets a conscious contrast to the first two relatively calm movements and thus shapes the entire work. This third movement is therefore often chosen as a popular encore at chamber music events.
reception
The work was relocated by the English company "Longman and Broderrip". The opus number 73 is rarely used for this nowadays . Haydn dedicated all three trios of opus number 73 to his girlfriend Rebecca Schroeter, the daughter of the German pianist and composer Johann Samuel Schroeter .
See also
literature
- Jürgen Brauner: Studies on the piano trios by Joseph Haydn. Wuerzburg 1995.
Web links
- Piano Trio No. 39 (Haydn) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Brauner pp. 321–327