description: This accessible introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn covers his contemporaries, working environments and aesthetics. Chapters on the reception of his music explore keyboard performance practices, Haydn's posthumous reputation, recorded performances and revivals of his operas. The book surveys his major performance genre--including symphonies, string quartets, keyboard sonatas and trios, liturgical music, oratorios, etc...
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Haydn
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Haydn (Cambridge Companions to Music)
characters: Joseph Haydn
genres: Music
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Cambridge University Press