The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn

Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles

By: Laszlo Somfai

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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.

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"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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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Music Musical Instruments & Instrumental Ensembles Keyboard Instruments Music Styles & Genres Western Classical Music & Opera Early Music up to the Year 1000 Classical Music from 1750 to 1830

Preface
Abbreviations
Keyboard Instruments in Haydn's Time
For What Kind of Instrument Did Haydn Compose?
The Choice of Instruments for Present-Day Performers
An Introduction to Reading the Conventions of the Notation (Grace Notes, Ornaments)
Notation and lPart Writing
Touch and Articulation
Haydn's Notation of Dynamics and Accents
Thoughts on Tempos in Haydn's Style
Early Divertimento and Partita Sonatas
The Mature Solo Piano Sonatas: A Survey with Historical Hypotheses
Originality and Personal Language: The Options of Analytic Methods
Survey and Classification
Grammar, Syntax, and Analytic Terminology
Exposition Strategies
The Primary Theme
Continuation: Secondary Group, Closing Group, and Fantasia-Like Insertions
Strategies of the Development Section
Recapitulation
Sonata Form and Scherzo Form in the Finale
Sonata Forms in Slow Tempos
Minuets
Rondos and Fast Variation Forms
Slow Variations and Double Variations
Fantasia and Capriccio Catalog of the Sonatas: Data and Guide
Select Bibliography
Index
Ornament Locator
Thematic Locator
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