Sources of Tunes
Haydn is claimed to have borrowed folk tunes from several ethnic groups, including Austrians, Gypsies, and Croatians. The attribution of a tune to a particular ethnicity is not at all straightforward, because (as David Schroeder notes) "folk tunes are frequently transmitted across national boundaries". Schroeder give the following cautionary tale: "The source for a tune in the opening movement of an early cassation for string quintet (Hob. II:2) is identified by Kuhač as a Croatian drinking song, 'Nikaj na svetu', and by Schmid as a German folksong, 'Es trieb ein Schaefer den Berg hinan'. With this precaution in mind, here are some of the folk sources that have been adduced for Haydn's music.
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