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229:, often with a single melody set over an accompaniment figure, had come to the fore. Jones says, "he had become too old to appreciate the rapidly developing fashion for symphonies, quartets, and keyboard sonatas, genres in which Haydn was already acquiring a name for himself." Werner expressed his distaste by calling Haydn a "G'sanglmacher" (writer of little songs) and "Modehansl" ("fashion follower," literally "little Hans of fashion"). 870: 257:. Prince Nikolaus arranged for his administrator Rahier to deal with the situation. Rahier (with whom Haydn had a difficult relationship) issued an official document, which reprimanded Haydn. However, it also provided a helpful clarification of Haydn's responsibilities and designated a subordinate (Joseph Dietzl) to take on the task of keeping track of the music and instruments in Eisenstadt. 920: 908: 237:
I am forced to draw attention to the gross negligence in the local castle chapel, the unnecessarily large princely expenditures, and the lazy idleness of the musicians, the principal responsibility for which must be laid at the door of the present director, who lets them all get away with everything,
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Haydn himself clearly held Werner in high esteem, whatever their personal difficulties may have been. In his own old age (1804) Haydn published "six introductions and fugues for string quartet, taken from Werner’s oratorios". The title page read that the works were "edited by his successor J. Haydn
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While it is natural to detect bitterness and envy in Werner's letter, Jones points out that the criticisms might well have been legitimate, and that the letter produced a useful bureaucratic response. Haydn was spread thin between serving the Prince's interests in secular music (mostly in his
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The reprimand also led Haydn to begin to keep a draft catalog of all his works (the "Entwurf-Katalog"). In response to a particular detail of the reprimand, Haydn began writing a great number of works in the Prince's favorite genre at the time, the
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Werner set to work, bringing new music to the court from Vienna and composing prolifically. He remained in full charge of the Esterházy musical establishment until 1761, when he entered a period of semi-retirement, his responsibilities limited to
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However, after this time Werner's musical duties were limited to church music, and Haydn, 39 years younger than Werner, had the primary duties, with full control over the secular musical events of the household, including the orchestra.
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Werner's discontent reached its climax in October 1765, a few months before his death, when he wrote a letter to Prince Esterházy denouncing Haydn for his slackness in running the Esterházy musical establishment. The letter begins:
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As an employee of the Esterházy family Werner published little, but a few works did see print. These include his set of twelve orchestral suites depicting the twelve months of the year (
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The contract by which Haydn was hired shows the family's loyalty to their elderly musical servant by retaining him, at least on a titular basis, in the top post of
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discerns a bifurcated style, with most of the work taking the form of severe, "weighty" contrapuntal pieces, but a minority (written for lighter occasions such as
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In addition, Werner had lived to see the kind of music he composed become outmoded. His own work emphasized the contrapuntal textures of the
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This was a time of changes probably unwelcome to Werner. His longtime patron Paul Anton died in March 1762, succeeded by his younger brother
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family. Few of Werner's works survive to the present day, and he is mostly remembered for his troubled relationship with Haydn.
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in 1748. His pupils included S. T. Kolbel (Kölbel) and the Esterházy organist Johann Novotný (1718–1765), father of
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Werner's period of semi-retirement began in 1761 when the Esterházy family hired the 29-year-old composer
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and Jones suggest that Werner was hired at the then 17-year-old prince's instigation.
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tend to emphasize Werner's troubled relationship with Haydn over his own career.
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Die Jahreszeiten (= Neuer und sehr curios-Musicalischer Instrumental-Calender)
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Das Orchester Joseph Haydns: ein Komponist und seine wegweisenden Neuerungen
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Haydn, Mozart, & Beethoven: Studies in the music of the classical period
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in 1721; his widow Maria Octavia, serving as co-regent for her young son
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Gerlach, Sonja (1998). "Haydn's Entwurf-Katalog: Two Questions". In
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Howling near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance
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style, as well as church music with instrumental accompaniment and
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in both genres exist, and may have been influenced by Werner.
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Neuer und sehr curios-Musicalischer Instrumental-Calender
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Possibly Simon Thadäus Kölbel, died 20 July 1806. See
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used a prelude and fugue by Werner for her 1976 dance
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out of particular esteem towards the famous master".
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so as to receive the name of a good Heyden [
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Index

Gregor Joseph Werner
composer
Baroque
Joseph Haydn
Kapellmeister
Esterházy
Ybbs an der Donau
organist
Melk Abbey
Johann Fux
Kapellmeister
Esterházy
Schloss Esterházy
Eisenstadt
Prince Joseph
Paul Anton
Robbins Landon
church music
a cappella
masses
contrapuntal
symphonies
oratorios
Good Friday
Jones
Advent
Nativity
folk music
Joseph Haydn
Augsburg

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