Haydn's Haus

[DavidW]

Based on historical precedent, I'm sure Haydn wouldn't have minded if you invent a few of your own

Don't get Gurn started!  He'll come up with quaint Texan expressions that will leave us scratching our heads!

[Lethevich]

Well, I'm no editor... I'm trying hard to think of even a single symphony that Haydn named himself, and with the sole exceptions of 6, 7 & 8 where he was working under orders, I can't think of one. Can you? 

Nope, but I meant that he seemed okay with other people giving them names that stuck

@haydnfan:

[Gurn Blanston]

Don't get Gurn started!  He'll come up with quaint Texan expressions that will leave us scratching our heads!

Aw, y'all 're just crazy as a bedbug. Ain't hardly no one here talks any clearer than the Ole Gurnster...

[Gurn Blanston]

Nope, but I meant that he seemed okay with other people giving them names that stuck

@haydnfan:

Ah, I see. And just as well, considering how things went. As for me, I can scarcely figure out how any of those names apply.

Well, OK, Drumroll makes sense. But Mercury? WTF?

[Lethevich]

I shall dub the 78th the Stumbling Goat, in tribute to its abrupt opening statement, and following swaying theme.

You heard it here first, ammend your musical dictionaries!

[Gurn Blanston]

I shall dub the 78th the Stumbling Goat, in tribute to its abrupt opening statement, and following swaying theme.

You heard it here first, ammend your musical dictionaries!

Excellent. That will vault it to the top of the charts!  And as a Brit, you can do that, since historically most named symphonies (like Mozart's Jupiter) were named by Brits. Proud to know you.

[DavidW]

Haydn's Harmoniemesse is sublime!  What deep, moving music... 0:)

[Gurn Blanston]

Haydn's Harmoniemesse is sublime!  What deep, moving music... 0:)

The wind music in it is profoundly lovely. One of my very favorites!

[DavidW]

And the chorus in the Weil/Tafelmusik sing so beautifully!

[Leo K.]

Haydn's Harmoniemesse is sublime!  What deep, moving music... 0:)

I agree. This mass is amazing.

[DavidW]

Hey can anyone here actually here the palindrome in the 47th symphony?  According to wiki it should be in the minuet and trio... but dang it's too subtle for me.

[dseegs]

I am just getting started on classical music - I downloaded a torrent of all 104 symphonies. I started on Symphony No.1 and I have made it to Symphony No.71 going in order. This has been an awesome experience so far. I love classical music, I am hooked

[Lethevich]

I am just getting started on classical music - I downloaded a torrent of all 104 symphonies. I started on Symphony No.1 and I have made it to Symphony No.71 going in order. This has been an awesome experience so far. I love classical music, I am hooked

Wow, I really admire the way that you're listening - few have the patience for this, and even fewer have the good taste to look to Haydn for their classical needs

You're in for a very pleasant surprise when you hit the No.80s onwards - masterpiece after masterpiece

[chasmaniac]

I am just getting started on classical music - I downloaded a torrent of all 104 symphonies. I started on Symphony No.1 and I have made it to Symphony No.71 going in order. This has been an awesome experience so far. I love classical music, I am hooked

The Paris and London sets, the string quartets, piano trios, the six late masses, the oratorios... Good lord, if you're in love now, you're going to lose your soul to this music soon. Good on ya!

[jlaurson]

I am just getting started on classical music - I downloaded a torrent of all 104 symphonies. I started on Symphony No.1 and I have made it to Symphony No.71 going in order. This has been an awesome experience so far. I love classical music, I am hooked

Excellent. Just started with classical music by committing theft. Steal as much as you can, before that kind of behavior kills the industry.

[Lethevich]

Excellent. Just started with classical music by committing theft. Steal as much as you can, before that kind of behavior kills the industry.

It's not really that simple. I got into classical by illegal downloading and now I buy a lot. My mentality was that I wanted to explore at my own pace, not dictated by radio programmers. From my upbringing, classical music was such a rebellious thing to listen to that it helped for it to be as accessable as possible, at the click of a button (admittedly nowadays it is via iTunes and the like). It's not ethically justifiable, but I was a kid and I had no free money and downloading was what got me hooked. We're such materialists that if we enjoy music as much as the people on this forum do, it's inevitable that our western buying obsession will spill over into our musical interests

It's people who consider themselves long-term fans who refuse to pay for music who are the damaging ones, because they know better - the small margins that the industry operate on, and how difficult it is to maintain performance traditions vs. a pop band who can produce an album after 1 week of learning their instruments.

[Antoine Marchand]

We're such materialists that if we enjoy music as much as the people on this forum do, it's inevitable that our western buying obsession will spill over into our musical interests

That is so true!

[chasmaniac]

Excellent. Just started with classical music by committing theft. Steal as much as you can, before that kind of behavior kills the industry.

An illegally dubbed cassette introduced me to Bird and Monk and jazz in general. I went on the purchase 400 cds of the stuff. I guess I killed the industry.

[jlaurson]

An illegally dubbed cassette introduced me to Bird and Monk and jazz in general. I went on the purchase 400 cds of the stuff. I guess I killed the industry.

Let's hope it goes that route, or some similar one, after 33 tapes worth of 104 Haydn Symphonies.

[chasmaniac]

jlaursen: Yup, sometimes the glass really is half-full!

Speaking of symphonies, I've had delighted listens to ##52 and 53 (Imperial) recently, Fischer's renditions. And I finally plunked for the Bis reissue of the divertimenti. Anyone care to comment on this set?