Haydn's keyboard trios were written in response to commercial stimuli, and for the most part they work reasonably well on any keyboard instrument. These pieces, however, mostly written in London and all from the 1790s, are genuine piano trios, and they exploit the possibilities of the then-new piano with dynamic contrasts, emphasis on the composer's striking late-life harmonic boldness, and a tendency toward Hungarian rhythmic zip that works better on a piano than on a harpsichord. Sample the syncopations in the finale of ...
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Haydn's keyboard trios were written in response to commercial stimuli, and for the most part they work reasonably well on any keyboard instrument. These pieces, however, mostly written in London and all from the 1790s, are genuine piano trios, and they exploit the possibilities of the then-new piano with dynamic contrasts, emphasis on the composer's striking late-life harmonic boldness, and a tendency toward Hungarian rhythmic zip that works better on a piano than on a harpsichord. Sample the syncopations in the finale of the Piano Trio in A major, Hob. 15/18, for an idea. These trios still follow the amateur model of accompanied piano sonatas; the violin breaks off into dialogue, but the cello doubles the piano's left hand for the most part. The music contains both experimentation and passion, however; the piano parts were mostly connected with the British pianist Rebecca Schroeter, with whom the unhappily married Haydn was apparently romantically involved, and the slow movements, like those of the...
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