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Haydn, Franz Joseph : Sonate für Klavier Nr.3 Mov.1 Allegro

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Music ID : 32109
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:2 min 00 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Ooi, Kazurou

Last Updated: December 16, 2024
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

The first movement fully expresses Haydn's joy and humor.

Although it is fundamentally an instrumental ensemble, it can be considered to have two types of scoring: a "small instrumentation" and a "large instrumentation." The distinction can be made based on the left-hand notes: sections with left-hand octaves represent the large instrumentation, played with greater volume, while sections with single left-hand notes represent the small instrumentation, played with less volume.

For example, from measure 1 to the first beat of measure 2, it is a large instrumentation. From the upbeat of the first beat, a solo instrument begins playing FFF, and this instrumentation continues until the downbeat of the second beat of measure 7.

The large and small instrumentations are not necessarily separated by sections; for instance, measure 16, beat 1, might be a large instrumentation, followed suddenly by a small instrumentation from beat 2.

Furthermore, there is an aspect of Haydn's characteristic "surprise," such as the sudden shift to a large instrumentation at measure 18, beat 1. Passages with 64th notes, such as measures 8-9 and 35-36, evoke Haydn's characteristic jocular image, as if being rattled off rapidly. Above all, play it with enjoyment.

Writer: Ooi, Kazurou