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Haydn

Chapter 14: HAYDN'S PRINCIPAL COMPOSITIONS
By John F. Runciman
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A compact critical biography surveys the life and work of a seminal eighteenth-century composer, following early training, a long middle period of prolific experimentation, and later public successes abroad. It analyzes compositional practice—movement structures, the diminishing role of counterpoint, growing emphasis on melody and folk-influenced themes—and evaluates the uneven value of a vast output, praising quartets, certain clavier pieces, sacred compositions, and the late symphonies and oratorios. The author also considers the composer's influence on contemporaries and successors and provides a guide to principal works.

HAYDN'S PRINCIPAL COMPOSITIONS

125 Symphonies and orchestral pieces.

31 Concertos.

176 pieces for the baryton.

77 Quartets.

14 Masses.

English canzonets.

The Spirit Song.

Several operas.

The Creation.
The Seasons.
The Seven Words
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A large number of pieces for harpsichord or piano.

BOOKS ABOUT HAYDN

POHL: "Joseph Haydn."

POHL: "Haydn and Mozart in London."

MICHAEL KELLY: "Reminiscences."

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EDITED BY

G.C. WILLIAMSON. LITT.D.


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BACH. By E.H. THORNE.

BEETHOVEN. By J.S. SHEDLOCK, B.A.

BRAHMS. By HERBERT ANTCLIFFE.

CHOPIN. By E.J. OLDMEADOW.

GOUNOD. By HENRY TOLHORST.

GRIEG. By E. MARKHAM LEE, M.A., Mus.D.

HANDEL. By W.H. CUMMINGS, MUS.D., F.S.A.,

Principal of the Guildhall School of Music.

HAYDN. By JOHN F. RUNCIMAN

MENDELSSOHN. By VERNON BLACKBURN.

MOZART. By EBENEZER PROUT, Professor of

Music, Dublin University, B.A., Mus.D.

ROSSINI. By W. ARMINE BEVAN.

SCHUMANN. By E.J. OLDMEADOW.

SULLIVAN. By H. SAXE WYNDHAM, Secretary

of the Guildhall School of Music.

TCHAIKOVSKI. By E. MARKHAM LEE, M.A., Mus.D.

VERDI. By ALBERT VISETTI.

WAGNER. By JOHN F. RUNCIMAN.


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SCHUBERT. By W.H. CUMMINGS, MUS.D., F.S.A.


Others to follow
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

WAGNER. BY JOHN F. RUNCIMAN.

"Here is Wagner written upon by one who knows all there is to be known about his music, and who is particularly sensitive to its beauty and its strength. Hackneyed as the subject is, the whole point of view is quite fresh, and there is an astonishing amount of matter compressed into a very small space. Altogether, the book has a critical value much beyond what is usually expected in publications of this class."—Manchester Guardian.

"Mr. Runciman has not, of course, made any attempt to give an extended biography of the man, or indeed to analyse his work with any minuteness; to do that one would require ten times the space which has been allowed him. But he has given us a rough word-sketch of the man and a more than adequate account of the musician. There is more thought, more 'body,' more common-sense in this booklet than in many a large tome that comes from Germany.... Mr. Runciman is to be congratulated on an excellent piece of work—an essay that is acute, illuminating, and tactful."—Musical Standard.