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Vladimir Horowitz

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Istituto Europeo di Musica

Haydn-
Sonate per il pianoforte.

Academic Research-

Piano Department

2002-2011

CCSH -Ciclo completo delle Sonate di Haydn

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Joseph Haydn composed his opus 13 set of keyboard sonatas in 1773 for his patron, Prince Esterházy. Though today some of its constituent works are overshadowed by other more popular works from Haydn’s pen, the collection was warmly received at their premiere, and even enjoyed several reprintings over the succeeding decades. The 1770s was a transition period for Haydn in which he was experimenting with the fortepiano and the clavichord. While the harpsichord was likely the instrument for which he composed these sonatas, they have been performed on all of these instruments, as well as the modern piano.

Third in the opus 13 set is the Sonata in F major. With bravura, the sonata opens with an elegant theme, which is immediately repeated with added ornamentation. A secondary idea unfolds across brilliant runs and a distinctive semitone idea in the key of the dominant, but also surprisingly touches upon C minor, before the exposition’s close. The development section, though beginning much in the same manner as the exposition, becomes quite dramatic by its conclusion, and leads into an altered recapitulation of the movement’s thematic material. The central Adagio movement in F minor begins with a charming melody, yet tinged with melancholy. Like its companions pieces, it is in a rounded binary form. Lastly, the Presto finale opens with a sprightly theme, which, like the first movement, briefly touches upon C minor before its close. The rhythmic material of the theme is briefly developed before the theme itself brings the sonata to a witty close. Joseph DuBose

Dalle 6 Sonates pour le Clavecin

Composés par Giuseppe Haydn
Oeuvre XIII. chés Jean Julien Hummel à Berlin avec Privilége du Roi
à Amsterdam au Grand Magazin de Musique et aux Adreses Ordinaire

Allegro

Adagio (fa minore)

Finale. Presto

Organico: clavicembalo o pianoforte solo
Edizione: Hummel, Berlino, 1774
Dedica: principe Nicolay Esterházy