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Haydn - A Creative Life in Music (Paperback, 3rd edition): Karl Geiringer

Haydn - A Creative Life in Music (Paperback, 3rd edition)

Karl Geiringer; Contributions by Irene Geiringer

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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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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 1983
First published: 1983
Authors: Karl Geiringer
Contributors: Irene Geiringer
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 416
Edition: 3rd edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-04317-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
LSN: 0-520-04317-0
Barcode: 9780520043176

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