ABSTRACT

The first half of Chapter 2 provides an overview of the second half of Haydn’s career, including his Paris symphonies, the invention of a new “popular” style, the continued use of monothematic sonata forms, and the growth of the orchestra in his later works. Symphony No. 92 “Oxford” is used to illustrate the characteristics of Haydn’s mature style. The chapter closes with a discussion of Haydn’s London symphonies, using No. 104 as an example of the new interrelationship among the several movements of a Classical symphony.

The second half of Chapter 2 begins with an overview of the publication and numbering of Mozart’s 41 symphonies by Breitkopf & Härtel and the nature of the famous Köchel Catalogue of all his works. The remainder of the chapter concerns Mozart’s background and early travels, his relationship with his father Leopold, his early symphonic style and its relationship to that of the Mannheim School, as well as Mozart’s disastrous trip to Paris in 1778. The chapter finishes with a discussion of Mozart’s last years in Vienna and his last six symphonies, many of which owe allegiance to the music of both Haydn and J. S. Bach.