Haydn And Folk Music
This article discusses the influence of folk music on the work of the composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809).
Read more about Haydn And Folk Music: Background, Sources of Tunes, Differences Between Folk Versions and Haydn's Versions, The Reverse-transmission Theory, Haydn and Croatian Ethnicity, Learned Borrowings From Other Nationalities
Famous quotes containing the words haydn, folk and/or music:
“To the extent to which genius can be conjoined with a merely good human being, Haydn possessed genius. He never exceeds the limits that morality sets for the intellect; he only composes music which has “no past.””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Some folk want their luck buttered.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“I think sometimes, could I only have music on my own terms; could I live in a great city and know where I could go whenever I wished the ablution and inundation of musical waves,—that were a bath and a medicine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)