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Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn
Edited by David Wyn Jones
544 pages
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Family trees and a map
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234x156mm
978-0-19-955452-2
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Paperback
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28 May 2009
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- The only book of its kind - it comprehensively covers Haydn's life and works, and his legacy around the world
- Almost 1,000 entries, in accessible A-Z order, from Abingdon to Zwettl
- Full coverage of Haydn's life: his family, friends, patrons, and contemporaries; the places where he lived and worked; and the ideas, aesthetics, and institutions of his era
- Covers Haydn's music in great detail, including genres, instruments, individual pieces, and the nicknames that his works have acquired
- Feature entries cover such topics as Haydn's life and personality, major genres in which he worked, performance practice, dissemination, and the Enlightenment
- The A-Z text is complemented by a full list of Haydn's works, family trees, a map, and a list of first lines
In his lifetime Joseph Haydn enjoyed huge popularity throughout Europe. As a composer of symphonies, quartets, masses, and oratorios he was readily acknowledged by Mozart, Beethoven, and others as a commanding figure. He is one of the founding fathers of classical music, yet only in the last 50 years have his works become available in reliable editions, and much biographical detail has come to light at the same time. Meanwhile, his music is more popular today than it has been at any time since his death.
Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death, this detailed, scholarly, and lively Companion draws together a wealth of biographical detail and expert analysis for the the first time in an accessible, engaging
format. It covers Haydn's life and times, and his music, including its performance and reception.
The Companion focuses on the period of Haydn's life (1732-1809), but extends forward to the end of the 20th century, to cover Haydn's reputation in the 19th century, attempts at complete editions, and modern scholarship. Selected feature entries cover such topics as Haydn's life and personality, major genres in which he worked, performance practice, dissemination, and the Enlightenment. The A-Z text is complemented by a full list of Haydn's works, family trees, a map, and a list of first lines.Readership: Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn will appeal to scholars, students, teachers, and
performers of his works, as well as to concert-goers, and those who listen to his recorded works.
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Edited by David Wyn Jones, School of Music, Cardiff University Contributors:
Consultant editor: Otto Biba, Archive Director, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna. Otto Biba is a major authority on the history of music in Vienna, and has written extensively on composers from Haydn and Mozart to Mahler and Bruckner.
Contributors include:
Mark Evan Bonds, University of North Carolina
Peter Branscombe, St Andrews
A. Peter Brown, Indiana University
Barry Cooper, Manchester University
Lindsay Kemp, BBC, London
H. C. Robbins Landon, Toulouse, author of Haydn:
Chronicle and Works
Simon McVeigh, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Gerda Mraz, Vienna
John A. Rice, Rochester, Minnesota
David Schroeder, Dalhousie, Nova Scotia
Elaine Sisman, Columbia University
Rita Steblin, Vienna
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"Everything you could ever want to know about the composer's lifetime and legacy." - Andrew Clark, Financial Times "By dipping in and out you get up-to-the minute scholarship in bitesize form." - Andrew Clark, Financial Times
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Preface
Editors and contributors
Thematic overview
Map of mainlan Europe
Haydn family tree
Esterházy family tree
Abbreviations
Note to the reader
Oxford Composer Companions: J Haydn
List of Haydn's works
Text incipits
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