Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn |
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| Editor:
| Wyn Jones, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-955452-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2009 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $63.59AUD $68.95 |
Book Description:
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Hailed in Symphony magazine as "an invaluable aid to scholars," this new paperback edition offers a gold mine of information on Joseph Haydn. In more than 900 alphabetical entries, Haydn's world is brought to vivid life. All of his music is highlighted, including his symphonies, concertos, masses, oratorios, operas, string quartets and other chamber works, sonatas, and miscellaneous choral pieces. The volume includes informative entries on Haydn's contemporaries (Mozart and the young...
More DescriptionHailed in Symphony magazine as "an invaluable aid to scholars," this new paperback edition offers a gold mine of information on Joseph Haydn. In more than 900 alphabetical entries, Haydn's world is brought to vivid life. All of his music is highlighted, including his symphonies, concertos, masses, oratorios, operas, string quartets and other chamber works, sonatas, and miscellaneous choral pieces. The volume includes informative entries on Haydn's contemporaries (Mozart and the young Beethoven among them) and it illuminates the ideas that played a major role in his life.