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Cultivating Perception: Bridging Schematic Patterns and Audience in Franz Joseph Haydn's Violoncello Concertos

Gillingham, Amy E.

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2010, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Violoncello.
This document explores the connections between compositional intent, structural patterns, and audience perception in the music of Franz Joseph Haydn as exemplified in his Concerto in C Major for Violoncello and Orchestra, Hob. VIIb: 1 (ca. 1761–1765) and Concerto in D Major for Violoncello and Orchestra, Hob. VIIb: 2 (1783). Haydn’s novel use of, and adherence to, schematic patterns showcase the two concertos as opposing products of formal creativity aimed at the unique discerning abilities of two different audience types. While a coexistence of simple and complex compositional techniques exists throughout Haydn’s music, shifting the analytical perspective to a more listener-centered viewpoint exposes a dichotomy of simple or complex classifications. Examination of pattern usage in the two concertos through the lenses of motivic outgrowth, galant schemata, cyclicism, phrase structure, and sonata/concerto repetition designs finds complementary stylistic traits between the two works. Combining these findings with eighteenth-century aesthetics and the psychological implications of schema usage bridges the composer-audience gap, showing Haydn’s intent to cultivate active listeners and maintain intelligibility.
Steven Cahn, PhD (Committee Chair)
Yehuda Hanani (Committee Member)
Matthew Peattie, PhD (Committee Member)
84 p.

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  • Gillingham, A. E. (2010). Cultivating Perception: Bridging Schematic Patterns and Audience in Franz Joseph Haydn's Violoncello Concertos [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275919165

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gillingham, Amy. Cultivating Perception: Bridging Schematic Patterns and Audience in Franz Joseph Haydn's Violoncello Concertos. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275919165.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gillingham, Amy. "Cultivating Perception: Bridging Schematic Patterns and Audience in Franz Joseph Haydn's Violoncello Concertos." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275919165

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