In part the biography of the man who overcame merciless poverty to
become an internationally acclaimed figure, and in part the
musician, his slow artistic development to classical perfection.
Haydn went to Hamburg at six and then to Vienna's Cathedral of St.
Stephen as a chorister until his voice broke at seventeen. There
followed a period of hunger, study, and soul-trying work until the
fruitful, prolific thirty years under the patronage of the
Esterhazy princes. Section two is a critical, music-wise catalogue
of Haydn's authentic works, tracing in his five periods his
artistic evolution, and considering his influence on and
manipulation of almost all of the musical art forms. A monumental,
learned piece of research and a needed contribution to music
literature by the curator of the Society of Friends of Music in
Vienna. (Kirkus Reviews)
This definitive study of the life and works of Joseph Haydn
represents half a century of research. As a curator of the
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, Dr. Geiringer was in
charge of one of the world's leading Hayden collections. His
scholarly investigations took him to various monasteries, to
libraries in Eisenstadt, Prague, Berlin, Paris, London, and
Washington, D.C., and, as a guest of the Hungarian government, to
the previously almost inaccessible archives of the Princes of
Esterhazy in Budapest. In the past decade, Haydn studies have
progressed enormously. A thematic catalog is now available, and a
substantial part of Haydn's vast creative output is accessible in
critically revised editions. The new edition of Hayden: A Creatie
Life in Music has been substantially rewritten to incorporate the
results of recent research and to remove the tarnish that had
assimilated on the picture of Haydn in the earlier years.
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