Symphony No. 101 ( Haydn ) - wikipedia Symphony No. 101 ( Haydn ) Portrait of Joseph Haydn ( 1791 ) The Symphony No. 101 in D major ( Hoboken 1 / 101 ) is the ninth of the twelve London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as The Clock because of the `` ticking '' rhythm throughout the second movement. Contents 1 Composition, premiere, and reception 2 The music 3 References 4 Sources 5 External links Composition, premiere, and reception Haydn completed the symphony in 1793 or 1794. He wrote it for the second of his two visits to London. Having heard one of his symphonies played in London with an orchestra of 300 - strong, his Clock Symphony has that large scale grandeur written in it. On 3 March 1794, the work was premiered with an orchestra of 60 personally gathered by Haydn 's colleague and friend Johann Peter Salomon, who also acted as concertmaster, in the Hanover Square Rooms, as part of a concert series featuring Haydn 's work organized by Salomon ; a second performance took place a week later. As was generally true for the London symphonies, the response of the audience was very enthusiastic. The Oracle reported that `` the connoisseurs admit ( it ) to be his best work. '' Additionally, the Morning Chronicle reported : As usual the most delicious part of the entertainment was a new grand Overture ( that is, symphony ) by HAYDN ; the inexhaustible, the wonderful, the sublime HAYDN ! The first two movements were encored ; and the character that pervaded the whole composition was heartfelt joy. Every new Overture he writes, we fear, till it is heard, he can only repeat himself ; and we are every time mistaken. The work has always been popular and continues to appear frequently on concert programs and in recordings. An average performance lasts about 27 minutes. The Music It is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. The work is in standard four - movement form, as follows : Adagio, 3 4 ( D minor ) -- Presto, 6 8 ( D major ) Andante, 2 4 ( G major ) Menuetto. Allegretto, 3 4 ( D major ) Finale. Vivace, 2 2 ( D major ) The opening movement starts with a minor introduction consisting of 23 measures. A rising scale motif opens the Adagio, similar to the opening of the main theme of the Presto, and connects the Adagio to the main movement. The main theme of the Presto is meant to catch attention -- the rising scale motif begins and ends on the dominant, and two broken chords follow -- the tonic and the second degree minor, and ends on the tonic. This phrase also consists of 10 bars, broken into two parts of an odd 1 + 4 bar distribution. After the main theme, this phrase returns and starts the modulation by the usage of the A diminished chord, leading to E minor, which finally leads to E major, the dominant of A major. The secondary theme, although more subtle than the primary theme, is very close to it, which makes this a monothematic exposition. A triumphant codetta concludes the exposition. The development begins with the secondary theme motif reoccurring in different instruments in counterpoint, and transitions into the different motifs of the main theme, also playing contrapuntally. The development turns toward conclusion with the secondary theme once more, and ends with a long falling scale. The recapitulation is straightforward, and the triumphant coda finishes this grand movement. The Morning Chronicle said, `` Nothing can be more original than the subject of the first movement, and having found a happy subject, no man knows like Haydn how to produce incessant variety, without once departing from it. '' The second movement, from which the symphony gets its name, begins with plucked strings and a bassoon. Towards the middle of the movement, there is a dark, fierce passage in G minor, followed by Haydnesque humor and finally the clock theme once again. Michael Steinberg said, `` Haydn has a gratifying number of different clocks in his shop, offering ' tick - tock ' in a happy variety of colors. '' In 1793, Haydn had given his employer Prince Esterházy an elaborate musical clock, for which he wrote 12 short pieces, one of them being the basis for this movement. The third movement, a minuet, is one of Haydn 's longest. The trio evokes a bungling village band, with more Haydnesque humor, similar to what Beethoven would use in the trio of his Pastoral Symphony. Many scholars, publishers, and musicians, not knowing Haydn 's humor, would often `` correct '' the trio. The finale of the work is a monothematic rondo - sonata. This means that the main theme and the secondary theme are similar, or in this case, almost identical, and the main theme is played every time a theme ends. Haydn vastly changes the main theme with each occurrence -- something that is not done in rondo works. Even the bridges in between themes are similar to the main theme. Haydn also builds a fugue into the last movement. References Jump up ^ `` Symphony No. 101, `` The Clock '' ``. LA Phil. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Robbins Landon, pp. 240 -- 42 Jump up ^ `` Symphony No. 101, The Clock ''. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Huscher n.d. Jump up ^ Robbins Landon, p. 241 Jump up ^ `` Haydn - Symphony No. 101 ( The Clock ) ''. Classic FM. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Ennis, Martin. `` Haydn : Symphony No. 101 ''. Linn Records. Retrieved 11 January 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 ''. Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra. Retrieved 11 January 2016. ^ Jump up to : Steinberg 1998. Jump up ^ Wigmore, Richard. `` Symphony No 101 in D major ' The clock ', Hob I : 101 ''. Hyperion Records. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Steinberg 1995, p. 237 Jump up ^ Morrison, Chris. `` Symphony No. 101 in D major ( '' Clock `` ), H. 1 / 101 ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Haydn : Symphony No. 101 ( '' Clock `` ) ''. University of California, Davis. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Counts, Jeff. `` Haydn - Symphony No. 101 in D Major `` The Clock '' ``. Utah Symphony. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Beggerow Jump up ^ `` Symphony No. 101 `` The Clock '' ``. Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Jump up ^ Grünewald 2015 Sources Beggerow, Alan ( 2012 ). `` Haydn -- Symphony No. 101 ' Clock ' ''. Musical Musings. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Grünewald, Helge ; Anderson, Phyllis ( trans. ) ( 2015 ). `` Free from External Constraints : Two Symphonies by Joseph Haydn and a Piano Concert by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ''. Berliner Philharmonie. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Huscher, Phillip ( n.d. ). `` Symphony No. 101 in D Major ( The Clock ) '' ( PDF ). Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 7 January 2016. Robbins Landon, H.C. ( 1976 ). Haydn : Chronicle and Works, Volume IV. Bloomington and London : Indiana University Press. Steinberg, Michael ( 1995 ). The Symphony : A Listener 's Guide. Oxford University Press. Steinberg, Michael ( 1998 ). `` Notes on the Program : Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Clock : Franz Joseph Haydn ''. Leon Levy Digital Archives. New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 11 January 2016. External links Symphony No. 101 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project ( IMSLP ) Symphony No. 101 is available in PDF format created from MuseData. Symphony No. 101, second mvmt ; Capella Istropolitana conducted by Barry Wordsworth on YouTube Symphonies by Joseph Haydn A -- 20 5 6 ( Le matin ) 7 ( Le midi ) 8 ( Le soir ) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -- 40 21 22 ( Philosopher ) 23 24 25 26 ( Lamentatione ) 27 28 29 30 ( Alleluia ) 31 ( Hornsignal ) 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 ( Echo ) 39 40 41 -- 60 41 42 43 ( Mercury ) 44 ( Trauer ) 45 ( Farewell ) 46 47 ( Palindrome ) 48 ( Maria Theresia ) 49 ( La passione ) 50 51 52 53 ( L'impériale ) 54 55 ( The Schoolmaster ) 56 57 58 59 ( Fire ) 60 ( Il distratto ) 61 -- 81 61 62 63 ( La Roxelane ) 64 ( Tempora mutantur ) 65 66 67 68 69 ( Laudon ) 70 71 72 73 ( La chasse ) 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 Paris symphonies 82 ( The Bear ) 83 ( The Hen ) 84 ( In nomine Domini ) 85 ( La Reine ) 86 87 88 -- 92 88 89 90 91 92 ( Oxford ) London symphonies 93 94 ( Surprise ) 95 96 ( Miracle ) 97 98 99 100 ( Military ) 101 ( Clock ) 102 103 ( Drumroll ) 104 ( London ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symphony_No._101_(Haydn)&oldid=804310073 '' Categories : Symphonies by Joseph Haydn Compositions in D major 1793 compositions 1794 compositions Hidden categories : All articles lacking reliable references Articles lacking reliable references from January 2016 Works with IMSLP links Articles with International Music Score Library Project links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Deutsch Español Esperanto Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 8 October 2017, at 03 : 53. 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Question: which term best describes the tempo of the fourth movement of symphony no. 101 in d
Answer: Vivace