The Haydn ́s wit in the drammatic principle of Beethoven ́s op. 59 Quartets

Abstract

In this work we observe the dramatic assimilation that Beethoven, mainly in his quartets of string of medium compositional style, made of the Haydnian sharpness (Witz / Wit). Sharpness that, for the critique of the last decades of the 18th century meant a source of vituperation either due to the lack of technical rigor or the lack of "decorum", allowed to establish discursively certain levels of meaning that later Beethoven would deepen in the definition of his own style.