“…to
compose something
that gives new heart
and encourages mankind
– something of
enduring value.”
Brahms |
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Philipp Emanuel Bach emphasised
how, in his later symphonies, Haydn devoted a fundamental place to working
with the motif, indeed subordinated everything else to the motif work.
In the music, Haydn
made the way clear for the leadership of the smallest musical
elemental form, the
motif.
If one now applies the musical motif essentially to the area of life,
which in psychology is described as "individual" (see in this respect,
the book "Natural Music Creation"), and which forms the cornerstones
of society and, over and above this, democracy, then we cannot value too highly
this musical symphonic developmental work of Haydn's in the area of humanity.
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He was the great
master of a musical craft of future significance, which rendered up the principle
of a series of themes for the benefit of motif intensification and so opened
the door to polyphony for the homophonic symphony.
Thus, Mozart then subsequently
made this symphonic development of Haydn's – the unity of the counter
subjects of the smallest elements into the unity of a greater elemental procedure
– the main principle of his music.
And the height of this thematic
work, as developed and outlined by Haydn and Mozart, also eventually reached Beethoven in his symphonic creation, and he too quite consciously used the
musical language of truth for the ethical fight for natural human rights. |
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“In
my
instrumental music too,
I always have
the whole
before my eyes.”
Beethoven
“Perfection
must be the aim
of every
true artist.”
Beethoven |
