The Symphony No. 71 in B-flat major, Hoboken I/71, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It was composed by 1780.

Contents

• Music
• Notes
• References

Music

The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings.

It is in four movements:

After dark string sonorities reminiscent of Sturm und Drang in the slow introduction, the Allegro begins with a very light galante theme which is interrupted periodically by more darkly colored strings. The transitional material is notable for its use of counterpoint. ^[1]

The slow second movement is a theme with four variations and a coda. The second variation features a flute and bassoon duet over thirty-second notes and pizzicato bass. Triplet-sixteenths dominate the third variation. As usual, the final variation is recapitulatory, but here Haydn extends the variation with further development and a cadenza-like passage. ^[1]

The trio of the minuet features solo sections for two violins against a pizzicato bass. ^[1]

Notes

References

• Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766-1790
• Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn, ed. David Wyn Jones, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN   0-19-866216-5

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