Partita in E-flat
Franz Joseph Haydn (ed. Cliff Colnot)
General Info
Year: 1760-1767 /
Duration: c. 16:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: String chamber ensemble
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1. Allegro Assai
2. Cantabile
3. Menuetto Allegretto
4. Allegro non troppo
Instrumentation
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Among Haydn’s many notable achievements as a composer are his contributions to the chamber music repertoire. Chief among these are his 68 string quartets, a genre that Haydn pioneered. In addition, Haydn’s chamber music output encompasses an array of other instrumentations that were available to him during his tenure as Kapellmeister for the Esterházy court, including piano trios, string trios and works for strings, winds or a mixture of both in pieces such as his divertimenti.
This Partita, with its variety of movements, elegance of form and witty character, belongs to this genre. The four movements of this piece generally outline the pattern that became typical of the Classical symphony or string quartet. The first movement is an economical sonata-allegro form, with Haydn’s characteristic use of unexpected silences and rhythmic syncopations. The lyrical second movement proceeds at a moderate pace and has many expressive moments that feature the individual colors of the oboe, clarinet and bassoon. The third movement is a charming minuet and trio, while the finale is a vivacious ternary form of a type often used by Haydn in his sonatas and symphonies.
- Program Note by Christopher Jones for DePaul University Wind Ensemble concert program, 8 October 2021
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Cliff Colnot, conductor) - 8 October 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Menuetto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1795/2019)
- Trumpet Concerto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1796/2021)
All Wind Works
- Achieved Is the Glorious Work (arr. Miller) (1798/1965/2005)
- Allegretto from "Symphony No. 100" (arr. Cipolla) (1794/)
- Allegro from Concerto in C (Percussion Nonet) (arr. Coley) (1761–65/)
- Allegro from Concerto in C (Percussion Quintet) (arr. Coley) (1761–65/)
- Andante (arr. Barnes) (1988)
- Armida Overture (arr. Bowles) (1784/1977)
- Chorale Saint Antoni (tr. Tolmage) (1953)
- Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Mozart; arr. Curnow) (2006)
- Concerto for Bb Cornet or Trumpet (arr. Duthoit) (1796/1948)
- Concerto for Oboe (arr. Monson)
- Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Rumbelow) (1796/1999)
- Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Laverty) (1796)
- Concerto in C Major (arr. Zorn) (c. 1790 / )
- Concerto No 2 for Horn and Winds (arr. Bushouse)
- Derbyshire Cavalry Marches (arr. Hash and Walters) (1794/1995)
- Divertimentos in C Major
- Divertimentos in D Major
- Divertimentos in G Major
- Gypsy Rondo (arr. Marlatt) (1795/2016)
- Horn Concerto No 1 in D
- Haydn Symphony No. 11: Second Movement (tr. Holmes) (1760-62/1935)
- Hungarian National March (arr. Landon) (1802/1960)
- London Trio No. 3
- Lux Prima (arr. Ford) (1791/2008)
- March for the Prince of Wales
- Marche Regimento de Marshall
- Marches for the Derbyshire Cavalry Regiment
- Menuetto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1795/2019)
- Military Symphony (tr. Tobani) (1794/1896)
- Octet in F Major (1802)
- Orlando Paladino Overture (arr. de Rubertis) (1782/1938)
- Overture Militaire (arr. Skornicka) (1794/1938)
- Partita in E-flat (ed. Colnot) (1760-1767)
- Partita in F see: Partita for Winds in F major by Wranitzky
- St Anthony Divertimento (tr. Wilcox) (1956)
- Symphony No. 100 (tr. Tobani). See: Military Symphony
- Symphony No. 100: Second Movement (arr. Posch) (1794/)
- Symphony No. 100: Third Movement (arr. Johnson). See: Third Movement from "Symphony No. 100"
- Theme and Variations from Symphony No 94 (arr. Marcus)
- Third Movement from "Symphony No. 100" (arr. Johnson) (1794/)
- Trumpet Concerto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1796/2021)
- Two Classic Miniatures (with Hummel; arr. Williams) (1991)
Resources
- Genevieve Beaulieu, personal correspondence, December 2021