Haydn Music in Television

VAMPIRE DIARIES
Director: Jeffery G. Hunt
Music supervisor: Christopher Mollere

             

    

String Quartet in C Major Op. 76, No. 3 "Emperor": II

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A current television show that showcases one of Haydn’s pieces is Vampire Diaries. In a scene from episode four of season two, there is a flashback passage where Stefan and Elena are dancing. During this scene, Haydn’s piece “Emperor” (Quartet 62 – Opus 76 No. 3) is played as non-diagetic sound. Non-diagetic refers to a sound that occurs outside of the actual story of the scene.  This string quartet piece takes the name of “Emperor” because Haydn had played a melody from an anthem that he originally wrote for Emperor Francis II. Although the history of the musical piece does not relate to the scene in the show, it still provides an example of how Haydn’ works are still integrated in today’s society in modern art forms, in this case television.

Citation:
"Diegetic and Non-diegetic Sounds." Filmsound.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htm>.

Written by: Trisha Elegino