Austrian born Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (1st Movement) will always be considered as a masterpiece that will stand the test of time. Written in 1795 whilst living in London, Haydn has shown through his manipulation of the elements of music how his Symphony can remain as important today as it was in the 18th Century. The composers’ use of melody, timbre and rhythm all work together to create this classical period composition and as such make it a timeless masterpiece. This deliberate manipulation of combining musical elements together ensures the Symphony’s popularity, even in the 21st century, to be played, studied and admired by all. Melody is often recognised as the most memorable part of any piece of music. This is no different in Haydn’s work. The introduction: bars 1-16 are an easy melody line to sing. In manipulating the melody to be an easily singable tune allows the music to be easier to remember. This ensures a simple melody can be distinguished throughout …show more content…
The different note lengths used in this piece included demisemiquavers which appear in bars 1-16. Likewise, semiquavers, quavers, crotchets and minims all appear in bars 1-16. It is not until bar 19 that a semibreve is first used. Rhythms that usually appeared during the Classical period didn’t use note lengths like semiquavers and demisemiquavers. Although they did occasionally appear, these notes were more common in the Baroque time period where the more notes written in each bar the more superior the music was. In the classical period however they preferred less notes in a bar. Haydn may have chosen these rhythms to make his piece stand out and break from traditions. His choice to use these different rhythms in his piece, has made it remarkable and memorable from the many other pieces written in the 18th Century. The use of rhythm has allowed Haydn’s Symphony to remain