A rhetorical view of wit in Joseph Haydn´s String Quartet Op.33, N.5

Authors

  • Mônica Lucas University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2007.55078

Keywords:

wit, musical rhetoric, Classicism, Joseph Haydn, string quartet

Abstract

This article aims to recover the 18th-century meaning of the rhetorical concept of wit (from the German Witz), that has frequently been associated with Haydn, from his own time on to today. It points out and discusses some witty procedures of F. J. Haydn in his String Quartet in G Major Op.33, N.5. Understanding these procedures may provide a deeper comprehension of this work and a more solid analysis and interpretation of Haydn´s overall instrumental output.

Author Biography

  • Mônica Lucas , University of São Paulo

    Mônica Lucas graduated in clarinet from the University of São Paulo (1990), subsequently specializing in the interpretation of early music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Netherlands). She was a finalist in the international Van Wassenaer competition (Netherlands, 1995). She returned to Brazil in 1998. She regularly works with the baroque orchestras Concerto Köln and Das Kleine Konzert, with whom she records annually for the German radio WDR and for the labels CPO and Teldec. In Brazil, she has recorded with the Novo Horizonte and Armonico Tributo orchestras. She participates in the wind ensemble Harmoniemusik (18th-century music on historical instruments). She coordinates the Early Music Center at ECA-USP. She completed her doctorate in music at UNICAMP in 2005 with a thesis titled “Humor and Sharpness in the String Quartets Op. 33 by Joseph Haydn.” Her current postdoctoral research (FAPESP scholarship) explores the influence of poetic-rhetorical perspectives on instrumental music of the late 18th century.

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“A Rhetorical View of Wit in Joseph Haydn´s String Quartet Op.33, N.5”. 2007. Per Musi, no. 16 (July): 21-32. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2007.55078.