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The Influence of the Viennese Popular Comedy on Haydn and Mozart

1973; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 100; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jrma/100.1.185

2632-7724

Eva Badura-Skoda,

Musicology and Musical Analysis

It is well known that during the Baroque period an important role in Vienna's cultural life was played, not only by the commedia dell'arte , but by all kinds of comedies, both Italian and German, in which music was an essential ingredient. Theatre history in Vienna during the eighteenth century cannot be separated from musical history, since music, like dance and pantomime, had been an integral part of the popular theatre for centuries. It was not at all exceptional for the operetta Der neue krumme Teufel of 1758, for which Haydn composed the music, to include a pantomime (also with music by Haydn) and an Italian intermezzo (the composer of which has not yet been identified). Also typical of most Viennese popular dramas during the eighteenth century was the traditional combination of comic and serious elements.