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The Haydn Seven Last Words At St Patrick S Glasgow St Mungo Music Joseph haydn (1732 – 1809) not only wrote the most famous musical setting of the seven last words, he wrote (or is responsible for) the four most famous versions. i. and they took jesus,. Haydn composed his set of orchestral meditations on the last words spoken by jesus for a passiontide service at cadiz cathedral in 1786. so successful was the result that he made an arrangement for string quartet the following year, while hummel made a version for piano which haydn also sanctioned. Haydn was taken to task by some but praised by others for his daring in expressing the seven last words by purely instrumental music. he had also arranged the work in the present version for string quartet by february 14, 1787, and authorized a keyboard reduction. Marked presto e con tutta la forza (fast and with all force), this whirlwind movement struck haydn’s listeners as some of the most exciting and violent music they had ever heard! i find haydn’s seven last words on the cross to be one of the most striking musical compositions ever penned.
Haydn The Seven Last Words Warner Classics Haydn was taken to task by some but praised by others for his daring in expressing the seven last words by purely instrumental music. he had also arranged the work in the present version for string quartet by february 14, 1787, and authorized a keyboard reduction. Marked presto e con tutta la forza (fast and with all force), this whirlwind movement struck haydn’s listeners as some of the most exciting and violent music they had ever heard! i find haydn’s seven last words on the cross to be one of the most striking musical compositions ever penned. Haydn’s the seven last words of christ opens the door to a deep, contemplative drama. monumental and seemingly timeless, the work defies the limits of a single genre. it cycles through a series of keys without establishing a “home,” giving us a sense of cosmic vastness. Haydn’s the seven last words of the redeemer on the cross (die sieben letzten worte des erlösers am kreuz) is probably the longest purely instrumental work of its era and typical of the composer’s innovation, in that it really had no stylistic precursors. In one of haydn’s most contemplative works, their playing offers a very odd sensation of disembodiment, of skimming over the notes. i’m not saying that the whole piece should be dirge like–far from it; but here there is no feeling of gravitas that might suit a lenten work. Haydn was asked to compose a series of slow, meditative “sonatas,” each relating to one of the seven last words of christ during the crucifixion, as outlined in the canonical gospels of matthew, luke, and john.
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