Haydn's Opus 33 Quartet no 1: Fourth Movement - Finale, Presto

The Finale of Haydn's Opus 33 quartet no 1. Bminor and D major are the two keys under exploration in this piece written in the summer and autumn of 1781 for the Viennese publisher, Artaria who described this work as 'revolutionary'.
Credits:
Ensemble: Wihan Quartet
To listen to the BBC's analysis of Haydn's Opus 33 Quartets, presented by Stephen Johnson, go to
http://www.bbc.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/pip/Ogf5y/

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[corksmusic1]

I generally treat sonata form pieces on the basis that they are 'two part' expositions in order to keep things simple; but I agree that mention should probably be made in this case that this is an example of a 'continuous exposition'. There is no 'real' second subject and obviously no MC but I still feel that continuous expositions have a 'flavour' of second themes at their basic root - I might be completely wrong and may change the visuals yet. Any comments would be appreciated

[nuggie9511]

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[nuggie9511]

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[nuggie9511]

All these bridging passages are so good!!!! so much to learn

[nuggie9511]

exciting, reminds me of bach in many ways, hay-bach :D but its haydn very choon

[LucasD0745]

Thanks for uploading. Interestingly, Hepokoski and Darcy (_Elements of Sonata Form Theory_, OUP, 2006, p.52) analyze this movement differently, calling it the "locus classicus" for what they call a "Continuous Exposition," which has no Secondary theme. What you label as the Second Group theme, they would say does not count as a legitimate S theme since it is not articulated cadentially (what they call a "medial caesura" (MC)). I imagine they would call it thematic modular link.