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	Farewell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Farewell (Diana Ross and the Supremes album), a 1970 live box set by Diana Ross and the Supremes, featuring Diana Ross' last performance with the group
		Farewell, the code-name of the KGB defector Vladimir Vetrov
		Farewell, a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farewell (210 words)

	The Farewell Symphony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Symphony, on the other hand, doesn't have time for perfection, or even for all that much calculation.
		Even Symphony's portrait of a more-sedate present, in Paris, is always informed by this hypersexual past.
		He's simply recording history: Symphony, after all, is also the story of New York in the '70s and '80s, and of every swinging single.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/books/97/09/11/THE_FAREWELL_SYMPHONY.html (866 words)

	THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY. By Edmund White (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		THE title of Edmund White's new novel comes from Franz Joseph Haydn's Farewell Symphony, whose performers leave the stage one by one until at the end only a single violin player is left.
		The Farewell Symphony follows the same narrator, who is now HIV-positive, as he recounts his sexual exploits and his search for love during the past three decades.
		In The Farewell Symphony, the problem is less boredom than pretentiousness, as reflected in the narrator's snobbish view of the world and his surroundings, and repetitiousness in dwelling on his voracious sex life.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/11/02/farewell.html (715 words)

	Maestro's Farewell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In his 11 years leading the Symphony, Eschenbach had helped shape it into one of the nation’s premier musical ensembles, and the audiences of Houston were loathe to see him go.
		Though bidding good-bye to a conductor of Eschenbach’s stature carries with it a tincture of sadness, A Maestro’s Farewell is a rousing experience, a memorable coda to a remarkable musical collaboration between a conductor, a symphony, and the city that had the good fortune to enjoy them both.
		While the Houston Symphony has a storied past, counting among its previous music directors such legends as Leopold Stokowski and Andre Previn, there is little doubt that the Eschenbach era took the orchestra to a new level of excellence.
	www.houstonpbs.org - !http: //www.houstonpbs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=prd_maestro (645 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Ozawa Bids Farewell
		Ozawa conducted that great farewell symphony, Mahler’s Ninth, with a degree of sensitivity that affirmed his stature as one of the great conductors of our time.
		Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, written in 1909, is ultimately about farewell, as the work makes repeated use of a two-note falling motive, first used in the last movement of Das Lied von der Erde, which Mahler extends to form a three-note quotation from Beethoven’s Les Adieux piano sonata.
		It goes without saying that Ozawa conducted the symphony without a score, and indeed his capacity for memorizing works is one of the great wonders of the conducting world.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=205316 (692 words)

	Book: The Farewell Symphony
		The Farewell Symphony brings to life a long summer spent at Esterháza, the summer palace of Prince Nicholas of Esterházy.
		The anger, frustration, and longing of the musicians is expressed beautifully in the symphony born of the clever mind of Joseph Haydn who used it to convince Prince Nicholas that it was time to go home.
		A CD recording of the Symphony, No. 45 in F-sharp minor (Farewell), performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke's and conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras is included in the book, bringing the story of that long summer to life.
	www.ffaire.com /pr/books/farewellsym.html (442 words)

	Symphony bids farewell to 'urban cowgirl' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was typical for the down-to-earth dynamo with an abiding fondness for both country and western and classical music, who has overseen the Symphony during a period of great fiscal and artistic growth, highlighted by the acoustical renovation of Davies Hall and the hiring of Thomas as the Symphony's music director.
		Noting that one of the perks of being Symphony president is reserved parking, Goldman concluded the toasts by unwrapping Bechtle's personal parking sign, which he had had removed from the Davies lot.
		At the annual meeting, patrons were told that the Symphony ended its fiscal year with a $48.7 million budget, retired its accumulated deficit of $597,000, presented 237 concerts attended by nearly 600,000 people and drew more than 57, 000 schoolchildren to educational concerts and Music for Families series.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/12/05/DD113115.DTL (679 words)

	MusicalSelections.com > Composers > Franz Joseph Haydn > Biography
		Haydn is credited as the "father" of the classical symphony and string quartet, and also wrote many piano sonatas, piano trios, divertmenti and masses, which became the foundation for the Classical style in these compositional types.
		He took genres such as the symphony, which were, at that time, shorter and subsidiary to more important vocal music, and slowly expanded their length, weight and complexity.
		Some of the most famous compositions of this period are the "Farewell" Symphony No. 45, the Piano Sonata No. 20 in C minor, and the six string quartets of Op.
	www.musicalselections.com /composers/7/biography (3964 words)

	The Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		While the Tenth Symphony is the most obviously incomplete (even its first movement, which reached the most advanced stage and is frequently performed separately), both Das Lied and the Ninth would surely have undergone some further refinements had Mahler lived to conduct them.
		By 1909, the year of the Ninth Symphony, his professional situation in New York had become more complicated, as had his marriage to the nearly 20-year-younger Alma, who was soon to begin an affair with the young architect Walter Gropius (later her second husband).
		Whereas in some of his earlier symphonies the tonality progressed upward, for example, in the Fifth from C-sharp minor in the first movement to D major in the finale, here the tonality is regressive, from D major to D-flat.
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_4249_pf.html (2642 words)

	Boston Globe Online / From the Archives / Books
		Instead, in ``The Farewell Symphony'' he finds countless new ways to spin his sexual escapades into raunchy and sometimes amusing vignettes that make a life of the love of men, and not the love of one man, seem like a giant catharsis.
		In this way, reading ``The Farewell Symphony'' can be like scanning the gay male personals in the back of a tabloid, one man after another, each desire particular, some so extravagant they're like complicated recipes, others of a more domestic vanilla stripe.
		But for the most part, the roman a clef aspect of ``The Farewell Symphony'' is a small game in which the friends White dishes most feverishly are probably the people whom he most values, the people who have left their imprint on his memory and inspired him into juicy homage.
	www.boston.com /globe/search/stories/books/books97/edmund_white.htm (841 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		Alla Pavlova's Symphony No. 1 "Farewell to Russia" attempts to convey the mood of the Russian people as their society endured the great upheavals of the 1990s.
		Symphony No. 3, composed in 2000, is more conventional in that it employs a full orchestra and is structured in four distinct movements.
		Each movement of the symphony has a melancholy, folk-sounding tune at its core, giving the work a decidedly wistful atmosphere.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=7210 (297 words)

	Franz Joseph Haydn
		He established the basic forms of symphonic music and string quartet, which were to be a model and inspiration for the works of Mozart, and of Beethoven, who studied under Haydn.
		Important in the development of the classic sonata form, his string quartets and symphonies expanded the three-movement sonata form of C. Bach, adding one or two minuets before the last movement.
		His works include over 100 symphonies, many known by such names as the Farewell Symphony (1772), the Surprise Symphony (1791), the Military Symphony (1794), and the Clock Symphony (1794); over 80 string quartets; much other chamber music; more than 50 piano sonatas; and numerous operas, masses, and songs.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0823047 (405 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Franz Josef Haydn
		Composer Franz Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria in 1732 and is probably known to be one of the greatest masters of classical music.
		Also noteworthy were symphonies that included No. 49 in F minor, La Passione; No. 44, in E minor, Trauersinfonie, and Abschiedsinfonie (the Farewell Symphonie) in 1772.
		The last movement of the Farewell symphony ends in a long slow section during which one musician after another ceases to play and leaves the stage, until only the conductor and a single violinist remain to complete the work.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=3866&source_type=C (476 words)

	Concert Reports '98-'00
		Positioning the second violins opposite the first violins was very effective in symphony No. 38, where the second violins played the melody and then the first violins answered as an echo.
		Following tradition, Adam saying the word of farewell and the orchestra played the last movement of the "Farewell" symphony leaving the platform one by one.
		After the final Symphony No. 98 and the first encore of the fi-nale from the Surprise Symphony, the Mayor of Eisenstadt and Festival Intendant Dr. Reicher went up on stage and presented a golden plate to Adam Fischer, cerebrating the 10th anniversary of Internationale Haydntage.
	haydnphil.org /en/newsletter/report99.htm (5206 words)

	Mahlerfest - Musings on Symphony No. 9
		Mahler called Das Lied von der Erde a symphony: "The Song of the Earth: a symphony for tenor, alto (or baritone) and orchestra." However, he did not assign number 9 to it, possibly because Das Lied is really a hybrid: a "song-symphony," and fear of number 9 was not a factor.
		The reasons why the symphonies of the last period are particularly death-tainted are probably because in 1907, Mahler's beloved 4-1/2-year old daughter died of diphtheria and scarlet fever, and Mahler was told by his doctor that he had a fatal heart disease.
		Some commentators argue that the Ninth should not be considered a farewell symphony, but the evidence is overwhelming that Mahler considered it as such.
	www.mahlerfest.org /mfXVIII/notes_musings.htm (2360 words)

	NPR's SymphonyCast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One year later, we'll return to Symphony Hall in Boston for the first of two landmark concerts, representing the final Boston concerts by Seiji Ozawa, stepping down from the Boston Symphony Orchestra after a record 29-year reign as Music Director.
		The first movement grew to be a tragically moving and noble paraphrase of the farewell feeling.
		All three are on display onstage in her performance at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall of one of the cornerstones of the concerto repertory.
	www.npr.org /programs/symphonycast/listings/spring2002.html (1050 words)

	Boston Classical Orchestra: Concert Program notes Nov 18-20, 2005
		In the fourth and final movement of this symphony, Haydn switches gears from what appears to be a standard fast movement to a quiet Adagio.
		Normally, the first subject, here a stormy descending figure, would be met by a contrasting second subject before both parts are repeated and later elaborated in the development section, which would be followed by a recapitulation of the opening thematic material.
		In his Symphony No. 49, "La Passione," Haydn used another somewhat rare key, F minor, and the music is again a product of the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) artistic movement.
	www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org /prognotes/05-06notes-prog5.html (1261 words)

	The Farewell Symphony
		Included with it is a Compact Disk recording of this "Farewell" Symphony, Joseph Haydn's No.
		At the end of what turned out to have been a try-out I was assigned a pair of drumsticks.) But this book together with the musical performance provided me, as I hope it would any grade school youngster, a most enjoyable experience.
		Like any (other) child having read the story, I couldn't wait to listen to the orchestra play the symphony, ready to pay special attention to the music in order to associate it with this delightful and well-told tale.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~insrisg/bookmarks/bk2000/914farewell.html (776 words)

	The Farewell Symphony - Edmund White
		The Farewell Symphony, named after the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until just a single violin is still playing, is the story of a gay man who has outlived most of his friends.
		Starting in the late 1960s and coming up to the present day, the action of The Farewell Symphony takes place in New York, Rome, and Paris and is as much about the Jamesian dilemma of the American in Europe as it is about braving the elements of love and loss.
		Time dilates and contracts as the narrative flows like memory, moving between the present and the past, and the compelling shape of The Farewell Symphony grows to encompass both a generation and an individual life in a wholly original way.
	www.edmundwhite.com /html/farewell.htm (388 words)

	Chicago Symphony Orchestra - March 24e 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Peter Schickele) returns to Symphony Center to lead members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a side-splitting night of great music and laughter on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
		This Chicago concert features his "Howdy" Symphony (P.D.Q.'s answer to Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony), and the recently discovered orchestra version of his Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs, a ridiculously ambitious song cycle based on the signs of the zodiac.
		P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?) was the last and the least of the great Johann Sebastian Bach's twenty-odd children, and he was certainly the oddest.
	www.cso.org /main.taf?p=7,1,2,1,65 (330 words)

	Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style - Cambridge University Press
		Central to the study is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the 'Farewell' Symphony, No. 45 in F sharp minor (1772).
		The work's unique musical processes, in turn, suggest an interpretation of the entire piece (not merely the famous 'farewell' finale) in terms of the familiar programmatic story of the musicians' wish to leave Castle Eszterhaza.
		In a book which relates systematically the results of analysis and interpretation, Professor Webster challenges the concept of 'classical style' which, he argues has distorted our understanding of Haydn's development, and he stresses the need for a greater appreciation of Haydn's early music and of his stature as Beethoven's equal.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521612012 (371 words)

	Tennessee Vacation - Events - The Farewell Symphony
		Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie is a work that calls upon the rarely encountered Heckelphone, thunder sheets, a wind machine and other unusual effects as part of a 120-piece orchestra.
		The Nashville Symphony bids a farewell to TPAC with Haydn's Symphony No. 45 Farewell Symphony.
		Disclaimer: The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in the publication (or pages) is for the information and convenience of the reader.
	www.tnvacation.com /events/1363 (103 words)

	The Woodlands Symphony Orchestra - The Woodlands, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She was curious to see what it would be like to see the composer’s "Farewell Symphony" performed by the Symphony.
		In this work, each musician leaves the stage one by one after the piece is concludes, leaving a powerful image of what "farewell" truly means.
		Her request, and her story about Haydn, are just part of a special concert Music Director Dagang Chen has prepared as a salute to area educators.
	www.woodlands-symphony.org /pg_news.cfm?task=article&story=6 (574 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Wild Jarreau shakes up Symphony Hall
		Whether you like his style or not, Jarreau is bursting at the seams with talent — talent that simply will not be contained and must express itself.
		If they're remotely open to something beyond Brittany Spears, this would be a great way to introduce the symphony as something hip and interesting.
		They also did "A Capricious Farewell," crossing Paganini's Caprice #24 with the concept of Haydn's "farewell" symphony — oh, and big band jazz, too.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600135712,00.html (364 words)

	The New Classical Music Forums - Haydn Bio
		During the 1790’s, Haydn he wrote the 12 so-called Salomon Symphonies as well as much chamber music, and a large number of songs with English texts.
		He created the simple forms of symphonic music and string quartet, which were later to be a model and motivation for the works of Mozart, and of Beethoven.
		In total, his works comprise over 100 symphonies including Farewell Symphony (1772), the Surprise Symphony (1791), the Military Symphony (1794), and the Clock Symphony (1794).
	classicalmusicforums.com /showthread.php?p=197 (362 words)

	Vintage Catalog \| The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White
		Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends.
		Sublimely funny yet elegiac, full of unsparingly trenchant social observation yet infused with wisdom and a deeply felt compassion, The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance.
		It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years--the crowning achievement of one of our finest writers.
	www.randomhouse.com /vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679754763 (125 words)

	Newport News-Times: Newport Symphony bids farewell to Sylvain Frémaux,
		The Newport Symphony Orchestra will host a series of regionally- and nationally-renowned guest conductors during its 2005-06 season, following the resignation of the symphony's artistic director and conductor Sylvain Frémaux.
		As the Newport Symphony undertakes the process of selecting a successor to Frémaux, the orchestra will host a series of noted guest conductors from the region and the United States for the 2005-06 season.
		The guest conductors will be Marlan Carlson, conductor of the Corvallis-Oregon State University Symphony; David Ogden Stiers, associate conductor of the Newport Symphony; Piotr Gajewski, conductor of the National Philharmonic in Washington D.C.; and Norman Leyden, retired conductor of the Oregon Symphony and former arranger for the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
	www.newportnewstimes.com /articles/2005/07/01/arts/arts27.txt (325 words)

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