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The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn : Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles - Laszlo Somfai

The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn

Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles

By: Laszlo Somfai

Hardcover | 1 December 1995 | Edition Number 1

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Interest in the authentic performance of early music has grown dramatically in recent years, and scholarly investigation has particularly benefited the study of keyboard music of the classical period. In this landmark publication, the most comprehensive study written on Haydn's keyboard sonatas, a leading Haydn scholar presents novel ideas, corrects misconceptions, and offers new hypotheses on long-debated issues of early music research.

Laszlo Somfai begins with a thorough study of Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. After recommending instruments appropriate for modern use, he discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of eighteenth-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics. He also investigates Haydn's sonata genres within their historical context and discusses the problems of establishing a chronology of their composition. Finally, Somfai analyzes the organization and style of each musical form. The book includes an index listing the sonatas by date of first publication, and an extensive bibliography.

Industry Reviews
"Somfai's book has been in print in Hungarian for some years now, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has changed dramatically the manner in which not only Haydn, but to a great extent Mozart and Beethoven as well, are played in that country. My own interpretations have benefited enormously from Somfai's work, and every serious student of this repertoire should consider this study essential." - Malcolm Bilson, Cornell University"

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