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

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The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn

Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles

Laszlo Somfai, Laszlo Somfai, Charlotte Greenspan

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University of Chicago Press
01 December 1995

Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Keyboard instruments

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.

By: Laszlo Somfai
Translated by: Laszlo Somfai, Charlotte Greenspan
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 24mm, Width: 17mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 936g
ISBN: 9780226768144
ISBN 10: 0226768147
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 01 December 1995
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laszlo Somfai, former head of the Bartok Archives in Budapest and professor emeritus of musicology at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, is a leading authority on Haydn's keyboard music. Charlotte Greenspan, now an independent scholar, has taught music at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Cornell University.

Reviews for The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles

""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""