PT Journal
AU Efthimiou, C
TI On the Instrumentation of the Melody Line of Joseph Myslivecek's Symphonies Nos. 42-47
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2016
BP 29
EP 52
VL 23
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2016.002
DE Instrumentation; J. Myslivecek; W. A. Mozart; symphonies; tone-colour analysis
AB The aim of this paper is to look at the design of the melody line in J. Myslivecek's Symphonies nos. 42-47 (ED. 10: D21, F8, Bb8, Eb6, G10 and C11) from a music-analytical perspective. The following aspects are presented in details: instrumentation of the bass line, octave doublings of the melody line within a movement, as well as the participation of the low strings and the brass section in the performance of the melody. These symphonies will then be compared with opera symphonies from the same period which also have the same instrumentation, in order to find differences and similarities between them. Furthermore, J. Myslivecek's symphonies are compared to symphonies by W. A. Mozart of the same period (1772-1774) with the same instrumentation to determine relationships on the one hand, and to stress special features of the symphonic works of J. Myslivecek on the other hand.
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