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The method of presentation in both symphonies is by means of representative themes (Leitmotif), and their combination and interaction.

" It was from Haydn that I first learned to write a quartet," said Mozart; it was from Mozart that Haydn learned the richer style and the fuller mastery of orchestral effect by which his later symphonies are distinguished.

1, and the Salomon Symphonies in D and Eb, while there is hardly an instrumental composition of Haydn's in which his own melodies do not show some traces of the same influence.

His most important works were the Missa hispanica, which he exchanged for his diploma at Stockholm, a Mass in D minor, a Lauda Sion, a set of graduals, forty-two of which are reprinted in Diabelli's Ecclesiasticon, three symphonies (1785), and a string quintet in C major which has been erroneously attributed to Joseph Haydn.

Thus there were no string-quartets, before Haydn - at least none that can be distinguished from: symphonies for string-band.

Synonyms:

counterfeit, bogus, phoney, imitative, bastard, fake,

Antonyms:

genuine, square shooter, undercharge, sincere, natural,