Haydn's Missing Middles. Riley, M. Music Analysis, 30(1):37–57, 2011. doi abstract bibtex Haydn's play on expectations and conventions and his deliberate grammatical mistakes are well-known. Yet one notable syntactic irregularity to be found in his music has been overlooked: the use of a sentential theme which lacks the first half of the continuation phrase (to use the terms of William E. Caplin's functional theory of Classical form). This type of theme moves straight from its presentation phrase to its cadential progression, so there is no pre-cadential section of the continuation phrase which expresses a specifically medial function. Moreover, the theme's dimensions are irregular: its second part is only half the length of its first. Most cases of the 'missing middle' occur in the main themes of sonata allegros, the middle being supplied later in the movement, usually in the subordinate theme. These points are illustrated by brief analyses of the first movements of Symphony No. 85 and the Sonata Hob. XVI:21, and a longer analysis of the first movement of the Sonata Hob. XVI:49. © 2011 The Author. Music Analysis © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
@Article{ riley2011-haydns,
author = {Riley, Matthew},
year = {2011},
title = {Haydn's Missing Middles},
abstract = {Haydn's play on expectations and conventions and his
deliberate grammatical mistakes are well-known. Yet one
notable syntactic irregularity to be found in his music
has been overlooked: the use of a sentential theme which
lacks the first half of the continuation phrase (to use
the terms of William E. Caplin's functional theory of
Classical form). This type of theme moves straight from
its presentation phrase to its cadential progression, so
there is no pre-cadential section of the continuation
phrase which expresses a specifically medial function.
Moreover, the theme's dimensions are irregular: its second
part is only half the length of its first. Most cases of
the 'missing middle' occur in the main themes of sonata
allegros, the middle being supplied later in the movement,
usually in the subordinate theme. These points are
illustrated by brief analyses of the first movements of
Symphony No. 85 and the Sonata Hob. XVI:21, and a longer
analysis of the first movement of the Sonata Hob. XVI:49.
{\textcopyright} 2011 The Author. Music Analysis
{\textcopyright} 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.},
doi = {10.1111/j.1468-2249.2011.00309.x},
issn = {02625245},
journal = {Music Analysis},
keywords = {music analysis},
mendeley-tags= {music analysis},
number = {1},
pages = {37--57},
volume = {30}
}
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