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Haydn
Books
 The
Cambridge Companion to Haydn (Cambridge Companions to Music)
This Companion provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction
to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn. Readers
will gain an understanding of the changing social, cultural,
and political spheres in which Haydn studied, worked, and nurtured
his creative talent. Distinguished contributors provide chapters
on Haydn and his contemporaries, his working environments in
Eisenstadt and Eszterhaza, and humor and exoticism in Haydn's
oeuvre. Chapters on the reception of his music explore keyboard
performance practices, Haydn's posthumous reputation, sound
recordings and images of his symphonies. The book also surveys
the major genres in which Haydn wrote, including symphonies,
string quartets, keyboard sonatas and trios, sacred music, miscellaneous
vocal genres, and operas composed for Eszterhaza and London.
Haydn
Books.
 Papa
Haydn's Surprise: The Life of Haydn Set to His Own Music
Expelled for cutting off a choirboy's pigtail, climbing up the
scaffolding of a royal palace and being punished for breaking
the rules! Franz Josef Haydn's mischievous childhood strikes
a chord with every child. Ann reveals the truth behind the "Surprise"
Symphony and tells how a naughty boy became the much-loved Papa
Haydn, Father of the Symphony. The music is performed by the
London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Andr Previn, Kurt
Sanderling and others. Haydn Audio Books.
The
Classical Style: Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart
In this remarkable study, an established classic, Charles Rosen
surveys the language of the music of the classical period. He
concentrates on the three major figures of the time, Haydn,
Mozart and Beethoven, because 'it is in terms of their achievements
that the musical vernacular can best be defined'. He follows
the development of each composer's best known genres: for Haydn,
the symphony and string quartet; for Mozart, the concerto, string
quintet and comic opera; for Beethoven, the piano sonata. In
addition, the author ranges widely through material which falls
outside these categories.
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