Classical Music/Haydn Symphony 97

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Expert: - 8/11/2008


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Hi,
    I am working on an analysis of Haydn's Symphony 97. I need the recording and score  and I don't want to buy it because I am not a conductor. I've looked everywhere on the internet. Can you find the recording or score. Could you post a link. If there are more than one recordings, could you list the one by Karajan or Bernstein. I prefer those. If not, any is fine.  Thanks for your help.


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You might try miniature scores published by Norton.  Don't know if that one is in the catalog.  Check in the music library.  

Another option is to do an interlibrary loan.  Ask the research librarian to find which library has one to lend.  You might have to pay for this service.  (I am assuming you are a college student.  Go to the main library or the music library.)

Or get a film copy (this is what I did for my 12th c medieval opera mss) or a microfiche.  You will have to pay for these.

You might be able to borrow a score.  Ask a conducting teacher or a string/brass teacher.  An orchestration teacher also might have it.  Or a composition teacher.

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As to recordings, go to Amazon and search on that symphony.  You will find all those in print today.  Listen to the samples of each movement.

Also google (now it's a lower-case verb!) to find out-of-print discs.  These are likely to be 33s.  YOu might be able to get these on interlibrary loan, too.

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Plan to listen to each movement numerous times and make a "map" of the themes and their recurrence and variants if you need to find the forms and cannot find the scores.  

Best wishes.  I know you will find this process fascinating!  mb

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