Haydn
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About This Book
The authority for Haydn's life is the biography begun by the late Dr Pohl, and completed after his death by E.V. Mandyczewski. To this work, as yet untranslated, every subsequent writer is necessarily indebted, and the present volume, which I may fairly claim to be the fullest life of Haydn that has so far appeared in English, is largely based upon Pohl. I am also under obligations to Miss Pauline D. Townsend, the author of the monograph in the "Great Musicians" series. For the rest, I trust I have acquainted myself with all the more important references made to Haydn in contemporary records a...
Chapters (18)
- HAYDN
- PREFACE
- HAYDN
- CHAPTER I. BIRTH—ANCESTRY—EARLY YEARS
- CHAPTER II. VIENNA—1750-1760
- CHAPTER III. EISENSTADT—1761-1766
- CHAPTER IV. ESTERHAZ—1766-1790
- CHAPTER V. FIRST LONDON VISIT—1791-1792
- CHAPTER VI. SECOND LONDON VISIT—1794-1795
- CHAPTER VII. "THE CREATION" AND "THE SEASONS"
- CHAPTER VIII. LAST YEARS
- CHAPTER IX. HAYDN: THE MAN
- CHAPTER X. HAYDN: THE COMPOSER
- APPENDIX A: HAYDN'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
- APPENDIX B: CATALOGUE OF WORKS
- APPENDIX C: BIBLIOGRAPHY
- APPENDIX D: HAYDN'S BROTHERS
- APPENDIX E: A SELECTION OF HAYDN LETTERS
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