![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Haydn’s musical style is highly original and unique, as was recognized at the time. He also composed some twenty Italian operas and several Singspiels, largely during a decade-long burst of activity composing dramatic works for Eszterháza’s two theaters. But Haydn composed much other sacred vocal music, including fourteen masses. The oratorios The Creation and The Seasons, both composed in the last decade of Haydn’s active compositional life, are his most widely known and admired vocal compositions today, just as they were in his lifetime. Later in life Haydn would lament that he did not write more vocal music, which at the time was more highly regarded than instrumental music, but vocal music in fact constitutes half of his compositional output. In Haydn’s own lifetime, his compositions in these two genres became models for emulation. He was an active symphonist for most of his career, writing more than one hundred symphonies over five decades, and his string quartet composition, while somewhat more sporadic, likewise spanned nearly his entire career. Haydn composed music in all major genres of sacred and secular music, although historically he is most widely regarded for his symphonies and string quartets. His musical career was centered in Vienna for the remainder of his life. His successes there cemented his reputation as the greatest living composer, and he returned to Vienna in 1795 a wealthy man. Two extended visits to London introduced the composer to the rich but highly competitive musical life of that city. In 1790, when the musical activities of the court were dramatically curtailed, Haydn was free to explore other professional opportunities. He was promoted to Kapellmeister in 1766 and retained this position for the rest of his life. In 1761 he began employment as Vice-Kapellmeister for the noble Esterházy family at Hungary’s most prominent princely court. Haydn spent the 1750s in Vienna, piecing together a living as a freelance musician, teacher, composer, and later as the director of music for Count Morzin. Along with singing, he studied harpsichord and violin at the choir school. During his childhood and adolescence, Haydn was a choirboy at St. Andante con variazioni (4) in B ♭ major, Hob.Joseph Haydn (b. 1732–d. 1809) was an Austrian composer who during his lifetime became the most famous and celebrated composer in Europe.Variations in F minor, Un piccolo divertimento, Hob. ![]() Capriccio in G major on "Acht Sauschneider müssen sein", Hob.These works are in Category XVII of the Hoboken catalogue. The minuet also contains C# Major section, which is exceptionally rare in Classical-era compositions.įirst movement (6:36): Second movement (3:01):ĭifferent version of L. Only piano composition that is written in this key. Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. Published 1783 in Londonįor Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & BirchallĪuthenticity doubted by some authorities. clavichord or fortepiano rather than harpsichord. The first of Haydn’s keyboard works to be conceived with the dynamic contrasts only possible with a touch sensitive keyboard e.g. Spurious by Johann Gottfried Schwanenberger 19.ĭoubtful arrangement of the Divertimento in C, Hob. 57 does not contain Moderato movement of L. XVI" specification refers to its index in the Hoboken catalogue.ĭoubtful possibly composed by Mariano Romano Kayserĭifferent version of L. Here, the pieces are sorted using the numbering method proposed by H. Two numbering schemes for the sonatas are commonly used. This is a list of solo piano pieces by Joseph Haydn. ![]()
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