Haydn''s Drum Roll Symphony 4th Movement

Written for John Peter Solomon

Written for an orchestra of 60

Written in Sonata Rondo Form due to Haydn's love of experimentation

Exposition 1 - Eb major - A Theme - 1st Subject

Exposition 2 - Bb major - B theme - 2nd subject

Exposition 1 - Eb major - A Theme - 1st Subject

Development - C minor - C Episode

Recapitulation - Eb Major - A Theme - 1st Subject

Coda - Eb Major - B Episode

repeated horn call

melody broken down into motifs which are repeated

briefly pass through F - minor

Woodwind and brass are used sparingly, in duet or solo over sustained notes

Texture is reduced b-65

Full Orchestra finally enters bar 73

Motifs are used immatively creating a polyphonic texture over a shif to Bb Major

Less Frantic

Melody replaced by crotchet string melody

dynamics drop to p

texture reduced to strings and occasional woodwind

double stopping and triple stopping add emphasis to approaching cadence

Link passage using a Bb Pedal under chromatic chords to a final dominant 7th chord

modulation to Eb Major

A repeat of Exposition 1 with out long build up 

(25 bars inatead of 107)

addition of an inverted woodwind melody

C - minor

Motif becomes so immative it is heard in almost every bar

polyphonic texture

woodwind and violins harmonise in 3rds for interest causing a chordal string texture

b.198 change of mood, upper strings play a legato version of motif in crotchets

sudden tutti return of orchestra marked forzando

Suprising return to tonic key

1st theme played (53 bars not 107)

brief modulation to Bb signalled by horns, oboes, trumpets and timps playing a Bb pedal

reverts back to Eb

Eb major

Violins play rapidly in octive leaps

violins play a difficult top G in sixth position