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Joseph Haydn: Servant and Master

Chapter 7: Transcriber’s Notes

By Herbert F. Peyser

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This concise biographical sketch follows the composer's rise from a modest rural childhood and family background through long service in an aristocratic household, surveying his prodigious output, lively religious faith, and abiding optimism that shaped much of his music. It outlines early exuberant masses, the development of symphonies and chamber works, and later touches that anticipate Romantic technique, while stressing his dual identity as both court servant and creative master. The account is compact and non-technical, emphasizing character, circumstances, and career milestones rather than exhaustive analysis.

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POCKET-MANUAL of Musical Terms, Edited by Dr. Th. Baker (G. Schirmer’s)
BEETHOVEN and his Nine Symphonies by Pitts Sanborn
BRAHMS and some of his Works by Pitts Sanborn
MOZART and some Masterpieces by Herbert F. Peyser
WAGNER and his Music-Dramas by Robert Bagar
TSCHAIKOWSKY and his Orchestral Music by Louis Biancolli
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and a few of his major works by Herbert F. Peyser
SCHUBERT and his work by Herbert F. Peyser
MENDELSSOHN and certain MASTERWORKS by Herbert F. Peyser
ROBERT SCHUMANN—Tone-Poet, Prophet and Critic by Herbert F. Peyser
*HECTOR BERLIOZ—A Romantic Tragedy by Herbert F. Peyser

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Great Performances by the
Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra of New York
on Columbia 33⅓ LP Records

BRUNO WALTER conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: One 12-inch 33⅓ LP Record ML 4297.; Also on 78 rpm Set MM-912
Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in C Major: One 12-inch 33⅓ LP Record ML 4093.; Also on 78 rpm Set MM-679

LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI conducting
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet—Overture-Fantasia
Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung—Siegfried’s Rhine Journey and Siegfried’s Funeral Music: One 12-inch 33⅓ LP Record ML 4273.; Romeo and Juliet also on 78 rpm Set MM-898

EFREM KURTZ conducting
Chopin: Les Sylphides—Ballet (Orchestrated by A. Gretchaninov)
Villa-Lobos: Uirapurú (A Symphonic Poem): One 12-inch 33⅓ LP Record ML 4255.; Les Sylphides also on 78 rpm Set MM-874

DIMITRI MITROPOULOS conducting
Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (with Oscar Levant, Piano): One 12-inch 33⅓ LP Record ML 4288.; Also on 78 rpm Set MM-905

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Transcriber’s Notes

A few palpable typos were silently corrected.
Illustrations were shifted to the nearest paragraph break.
Copyright notice is from the printed exemplar. (U.S. copyright was not renewed: this ebook is in the public domain.)