Hayden - Softcover

Larsen, Jens Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393303594 ISBN 13: 9780393303599

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997

Traces the life of the Austrian composer, Joseph Haydn, discusses his personality, and analyzes the artistic development of his music

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From the Publisher:

Insightful profile of a prolific composer
Acknowledged as the first master of the symphony and string quartet and praised for his oratorios and masses, Haydn is considered to be one of the most significant composers of the Classical Period. Other features of "The New Grove Haydn" include: - A sneak preview of what's to come in the second edition of "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd Edition", to be available in print and electronic formats from November 2000. - Includes illustrations, musical examples and detailed work-lists. - Edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell, editors of "The New Grove II". - Affordable individually or as part of a set with "The New Grove Wagner", "The New Grove Stravinsky" and "The New Grove Mozart".

About the Author:

James Webster is Goldwin Smith Professor of Music at Cornell University. He has written on many aspects of Haydn's works as well as on Beethoven's chamber music, Schubert, opera buffa, and Brahms. His writings include Haydn's 'Farewell' and the Idea of Classical Style (1991). Georg Feder was director of the Joseph-Haydn-Institute in Cologne from 1960 until his retirement in 1990.

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