M543 Week 7 (Week of February 24)

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

LISTENING:

Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:37 (1780)

• Allegro con brio
• Largo e sostenuto
• Finale (Presto, ma non troppo)

(Alfred Brendel)

Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:40 (1784)

• Allegretto innocente
• Presto

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48 (1789)

• Andante con espressione
• Rondo

(Schiff)

Andante and Variations in f minor, Hob. XVII:6 (1793)

(Brendel)

Reading:

A. Peter Brown: Joseph Haydn’s Keyboard Music, chapters I, V, also second half of Chapter X (starting at the header: “The Auenbrugger Sonatas and Hob. XVI:34”) [scroll down or use search–this is a long way into the chapter]

LISTENING

Sonata in Eb Major, Hob. XVI:49 (1789–90)

• Allegro
• Adagio e cantabile
• Finale. Tempo di Minuet

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50 (1794–5)

• Allegro
• Adagio
• Allegro molto

Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:51 (1794­–5)

• Andante
• Finale. Presto

Sonata in Eb Major, Hob. XVI:52 (1794)

• Allegro
• Adagio
• Finale. Presto

(Schiff)