Table 1: Formal Outline of Mozart, K. 421 with Keller s Analytical Interludes

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1 Music Theory on the Radio: Excavating Hans Keller s Functional Analyses Society for Music Theory Arlington, Virginia November 5, 2017 William O Hara Gettysburg College wohara@gettysburg.edu Table 1: Formal Outline of Mozart, K. 421 with Keller s Analytical Interludes I. Allegro II. Andante III. Menuetto Functional Analysis #1: Mozart, String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (1957) As written IV. Allegro ma non troppo [to m. 32] IV. Allegro ma non troppo [mm ] IV. Allegro ma non troppo [mm. 49 to end] Added by Keller A1: incorporates primary theme and secondary theme (in both exposition and recapitulation forms) from mvt. I A2: incorporates themes from mvt. II and mvt. III (minuet), along with new triple-meter material Interval (3 minutes) A3: extended interlude, incorporating Mvt. III s minuet and trio themes, along with primary themes from mvt. I and mvt. IV. A4: very brief, based on mvt. IV, first variation [mm ] A5: incorporates mvt. IV, first variation, and mvt. I, primary theme

2 Table 2: Hans Keller s Functional Analyses 1 # Compo ser 1 Mozart 2 Beetho ven 3 Mozart 4 Haydn 5 Haydn 6 Haydn 7 Haydn iece analyzed Broadcast(s)/erformances erformer(s) String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 iano Concerto in C Major, K. 503 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 50, No. 5 String Quartet in E Major, Op. 20, No. 1 String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 BBC3: Sept. 7, 1957; Dec. 11, 1957 NDR: Feb. 5, 1958 ISM: ISM Conference, Stratford- Upon-Avon, Dec. 31, BBC3: March 2, 1958 NDR: May 5, 1958 BBC3: Dec. 7, 1958 DSS: August 1958 (repeated August 1959); NDR: Autumn 1959 BBC3: March 11, 1960 NDR: recorded an 17, 1959; broadcast with 4 in Autumn 1959 NDR: recorded an 16, 1959; broadcast date unknown NDR: broadcast on an. 21, 1959; recording date unknown Notes Aeolian String Quartet ublished in The Score 22 (Feb. 1958) ro Musica (BBC3) & Hamann (NDR) Quartets Denis Matthews, piano; Chas. Mackerras & The Goldsbrough Orchestra Dartington (DSS, BBC3) & Benthien (NDR) Quartets Described in Music Review essays (1956) Commisioned by BBC Benthien Quartet Commissioned by NDR Hamann Quartet Commissioned by NDR Hamann Quartet Commissioned by NDR 1 Compiled from Keller, Wordless Functional Analysis The Second Year and Beyond I ; Keller, Functional Analysis: The Unity of Contrasting Themes (Frankfurt am Main: eter Lang, 2001); and Renee Atcherson, Bibliography, Hans Keller: A Memorial Symposium, Music Analysis 5/2-3 (1986),

3 8 9a Beetho ven Mozart Mozart Mozart Britten.S. Bach Mozart Mozart iano Concerto in G Major, Op. 58 iano Sonata in A Minor, K. 310 Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 String Quartet in F Major, K. 590 String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 String Quartet in G Minor, K. 516 iano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 BBC3: broadcast May 6, 1959; manuscript dated March 29, 1959 [unknown; performed in concert, not radio] completed March 9, 1961; Hampton Music Club, March 24, 1961; BBC: March 3, Aldeburgh Festival [ran une 28 uly 9, 1961] Radcliffe Festival of British Music, October 23, 1962 [earlier broadcast possible; Keller (1984) claims that Britten commissioned 11 after hearing 12 on the radio.] Completed May 5, 1963; premiered at 1963 Tilford Bach Festival [May-une, in Surrey] Clifford Curzon, piano; Stanley ope & London Symphony Orchestra Susan Bradshaw and Susan McGaw, pianists Thea King, clarinet; English String Quartet Dedicated to Clifford Curzon Keller (1960a, 73) notes that 9b will be the piece for piano quintet; never written. Dartington Quartet Commissioned by Benjamin Britten BBC: November 4, 1978 ublished in Music Analysis 4/1-2 (1985) Manchester Univ., May 10, 1985 David Fanning, piano, & the Lindsay Quartet Abbreviations: BBC3 = BBC Radio Third rogramme; NDR = Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Hamburg); DSS = Dartington Summer School (Devonshire, England); ISM = Incorporated Society of Musicians May 22, 1985 letter from HK to Mischa Donat

4 A1: To follow first movement Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello 5 Allegro moderato j # #.. # j # (remove violin ow) #.. # # j # j 10 (clap) (take violin) º º º

5 2 14 SMIN # # º º º º º º º º º f mf p 17 b SMIN SMIN # # n # º º º º Ω Ω Ω º b # n Intermediate Step (IS) IS 21 # # # j

6 26 # SMIN # # # # # 3 31 # # # n # n n j j # # # n n b 35 # # # TR.. # # # j n# n # #

7 4 39 TR IS IS # # SMA 43 # n 46 II. Andante 6 8 j j j 6 8 j j j j j lay second movement as written.

8 Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello I A3: To follow third movement MIN 3 4 # 3 4 # # n 4 TRIO 109 # # > > # # > # > # n # # n # # # b # n b # # I 115 & # # > > > > > > TRIO - Simplified >, > >, & # # b B # # b # # b b

9 2 122 Simplified TRIO - Minor MIN - Simplified # Simplified TRIO - Minor 130 > > > > # # MIN I n 137 # # I # n # n # # b # n n b 144 MIN / MIN / MIN / # # # 4 w

10 I 151 MIN / # j # # # j j I. #.. # # I 159 # # # j #.. # #...

11 MIN 3 b 4 # n w 162 n b > > > b > MIN # I # n n # n n 187 # # 6 8 j I 6 # n 8 # # b 6 8 b 6 8

12 2 194 FINALE # # j j # # j I j j j j j j j # # 199 MIN FIN MIN # j # # 204 FIN j # #. # MIN j. 8 # # j FIN I j j j j # n j 3 8 6n 8 # # # # # MIN #

13 FIN j 3 I j n # # b # j j 6 8 # j I 225 j MIN # # j j # # j I # # # # etc.