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Haydn'S Dramatic Dissonances: Chromaticism And Formal Process In His String Quartets, Opp. 9 And 17

dc.contributor.authorBirson, Ademen_US
dc.contributor.chairWebster, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFahmy, Ziad A.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMoseley, Roger S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-06T20:15:49Z
dc.date.available2015-04-06T20:15:49Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-26en_US
dc.description.abstractMost scholarship on the string quartets of Joseph Haydn favors the music he composed from Op. 33 (1781), citing evolutionary progress in his style according to limited criteria, such as voice equality and formal symmetry. Looking beyond this historical narrative, I examine Haydn's compositions from the 1760s-70s in greater detail, focusing on the string quartets, Opp. 9 and 17 (1769-71). In these quartets, I investigate how destabilizing shifts to the parallel minor, bold chromatic gestures, and passages of intense chromatic voice-leading are used to disrupt the phrasing and heighten the tension of sonata-form movements, treating chromaticism under the rubric of form-generating dissonance. In so doing, I deemphasize traditional definitions of "sonata form"-long recognized as inadequate for describing Haydn's approach-in favor of highlighting the role of dissonance in the expansion from smaller song and dance forms into larger vehicles for dramatic expression; I have termed this the sonata style. In the sonata style of Opp. 9 and 17, Haydn employs chromatic harmony and voice-leading especially during the act of initial modulation, prolonging the phrasing of his expositions and elevating the musical discourse from simple courtly song and dance to dynamic and psychological tonal process. Evidence from the Haydn repertoire suggests that this combination of chromaticism with formal process began in the string quartets with Opp. 9 and 17.en_US
dc.identifier.otherbibid: 9154373
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/39442
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectHaydnen_US
dc.subjectJosephen_US
dc.subjectstring quartetsen_US
dc.subjectchromaticismen_US
dc.titleHaydn'S Dramatic Dissonances: Chromaticism And Formal Process In His String Quartets, Opp. 9 And 17en_US
dc.typedissertation or thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicology
thesis.degree.grantorCornell Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy
thesis.degree.namePh. D., Musicology

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