Variations in Fm (Sonata) Hob. XVII:6 HOB.XII:6 - Piano - Revised edition (replaces HN 70) - (HN 912)

Haydn, Joseph; Gerlach, Sonja; Schornsheim, Christine

ISBN 13: 9790201809120

Publisher: G. Henle Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Haydn’s last piano work is also considered to be his most famous single work for this instrument. The minor theme is filled with emotional depth: “a melancholy andante in f minor, with variations, as only a genius can do them, that almost sounds like a free fantasia” (thus described in a review of the time). The form is also demanding: not merely one theme but two – one in a major key, the other in a minor one – are varied in turn. The autograph gives one to believe that the work was originally intended to be the first movement of a sonata. This single edition has been taken from the recently revised volume of “Piano pieces” (HN 224) and furnished with a detailed commentary.Henle also recently published a facsimile of Haydn’s autograph of the Variations in f minor: HN 3218.?

Edition details

• Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9790201809120
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Sonja Gerlach