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Title: Haydn

Author: J. Cuthbert Hadden

Release Date: February, 2003 [Etext #3788]
Posting Date: January 5, 2010

Language: English

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HAYDN

By J. Cuthbert Hadden

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

DEDICATION
PREFACE
TEXT OF "HAYDN," FROM THE MASTER MUSICIANS SERIES

Chapter I: Birth--Ancestry--Early Years
Chapter II: Vienna--1750-1760
Chapter III: Eisenstadt--1761-1766
Chapter IV: Esterhaz--1766-1790
Chapter V: First London Visit--1791-1792
Chapter VI: Second London Visit--1794-1795
Chapter VII: "The Creation" and "The Seasons"
Chapter VIII: Last Years
Chapter IX: Haydn, the Man
Chapter X: Haydn, the Composer
Appendix A: Haydn's Last Will and Testament
Appendix B: Catalogue of Works
Appendix C: Bibliography
Appendix D: Haydn's Brothers
Appendix E: A Selection of Haydn's Letters

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DEDICATION

To The Rev. Robert Blair, D.D. In Grateful Acknowledgment of Many
Kindnesses and Much Pleasant Intercourse

PREFACE

The authority for Haydn's life is the biography begun by the late Dr
Pohl, and completed after his death by E.V. Mandyczewski. To this work,
as yet untranslated, every subsequent writer is necessarily indebted,
and the present volume, which I may fairly claim to be the fullest life
of Haydn that has so far appeared in English, is largely based upon
Pohl. I am also under obligations to Miss Pauline D. Townsend, the
author of the monograph in the "Great Musicians" series. For the rest,
I trust I have acquainted myself with all the more important references
made to Haydn in contemporary records and in the writings of those who
knew him. Finally, I have endeavoured to tell the story of his career
simply and directly, to give a clear picture of the man, and to discuss
the composer without trenching on the ground of