Haydn Studies 2

Nancy November

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781009337120
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music History & Criticism

Haydn scholarship has mirrored recent trends in musicological research with an increased interest in the cultural context and reception of his music, though he has not received the sustained consideration given to other canonical figures. Over the past decade, more consideration has been paid to Haydn's operas and oratorios which previously tended to be eclipsed by his chamber and orchestral music. These new perspectives are the focus of this collection which showcases recent approaches and allows us to re-evaluate the long-held notion that Haydn's era marked the rise of the concept of autonomous musical works. This book enriches understanding of cultural contexts in which Haydn's music is being understood, providing models for future contextual studies and allows for a more historically responsive understanding of his works. It includes analysis of less well-known compositions, especially the oratorio Il Ritorno di Tobia, Orfeo and the late canons, but also of works like the London Symphonies and The Creation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Music Examples
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 The Many Haydns of Musicology
• 2 Understanding Haydn’s Il ritorno di Tobia through Tonkünstler-Societät Oratorio Traditions Established by Its Founder Florian Leopold Gassmann
• 3 Listening Again to Haydn’s Night Watchman
• 4 Haydn’s Last Heroine: Hanne, The Seasons, and the Culture of Sensibility
• 5 Framing Haydn: Canons ‘As Pictures’ in the Composer’s Kabinett
• 6 Haydn in Plain Sight: A Reception History of Matisse’s The Music Lesson
• 7 The Premiere of Haydn’s Orfeo in Florence (1951): A Cold War Story
• 8 ‘So Elusive and Yet So Palpable’: Performers Imagine Haydn
• 9 ‘Admired across the Sea’: Importing Late Haydn into Early New Zealand
• Select Bibliography
• Index