Biography of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

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31.03.1732

Born in Rohrau (Lower Austria) second of twelve children (the sixth, Michael became a composer, too.) (might also have been one day later) of a blacksmith

1737

A cousin recognizes the musicality in the boy and manages his musical education in Hainburg (violin and piano as well as being a choirboy)

1739

Move to vienna in the care of Johann Georg Reutter, composer of the emperor and band master of the dome. Schooling at the church choir. The aim was to make him a castrate. As they missed the right time, Haydn was turned adrift.

Servant and accompanist of the composer Porpora, who as a countermove gave him composition lessons.

1755

Serving for countess Thun

1758

Music director and chamber composer of count Morzin (in Lukawitz near Pilsen)

1761

Second band master of prince Esterházy.

1766

Promotion for first band master

1785

Becomes a freemason

1789

Visit by editor Bland from England, who commissions trios for flute, cello and piano

1790

After the closure of the Esterhazy orchestra a one year journey to England. In the meantime his friend Mozart dies in Vienna.

1791

Honorary doctor of Oxford University

1792

Return to Vienna and acceptance of Beethoven as his student.

1794

Second journey to England and end of the scholarship of Beethoven

1797

Composition of the emperors hymn (today German national anthem) Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser

31.05.1809

Dies in Vienna

1820

Transer of his corpse to Eisenstadt

Further information/Sources:

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Sheet music for flute:

Concerto (D-Dur)

(flute, string orchestra)

Elite Edition, Nr. 3277

Rating: mid-grade

1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegro molto

That is the score. There are two violins, viola, cello/bass and a harpsichord part ad lib, which is not included in the score.

Die Jahreszeiten (Bearbeitung)

(2 flutes)

Universal Edition, UE 18036

Rating: mid-grade

1. Chor des Landvolks "Lenz! des Himmels Gabe, komm!"
2. Arie: Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann...
3. Terzett: Sei nun gnädig milder Himmel
4. Freudenlied: O wie lieblich ist der Anblick
5. Terzett: Die düstren Wolken trennen sich
6. Der Herbst: Introduktion
7. Duett: Ihr Schönen aus der Stadt
8. Chor: hört, hört das laute Getön
9. Cavatine: Licht und Leben sind geschwächet
10. Arie: Da lebt er wieder auf
11. Terzett: Von Deinem Segensmahle
12. Lied mit Chor: Ein Mädchen, das auf Ehre hielt

Score

Die Londoner Trios Hob. IV

(2 flutes, cello)

Bärenreiter, BA 6897

Rating: mid-grade

1. Trio I (Allegro moderato - Andante - Finale Vivace)
2. Trio II (Andante - Allegro)
3. Trio III (Spiritoso - Andante - Allegro)
4. Trio IV (Allegro)

Die Schöpfung - nach einer Ausgabe von 1806 (Bearbeitung)

(2 flutes)

Universal Edition, UE 17282

Rating: mid-grade

1. No. 1: Andante
2. No. 2: Allegro
3. No. 3: Moderato
4. No. 4: Andante
5. No. 5: Adagio

Score

Divertimento (C-Dur)

(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)

Boosey & Hawkes, B. & H. 8797

Rating: easy

1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andante quasi Allegretto "Chorale St. Antoni"
3. Menuetto
4. Rondo - Allegretto

Small score and parts.

For the flute quite boring. Very easy and good for getting to know each other when beginning to play together.

Echo (G-Dur)

(2 flutes)

Zimmermann, ZM 1039

Rating: mid-grade

1. Adagio
2. Menuetto
3. Presto

score

Flöten Quartett I (Es-Dur)

(flute, violin, viola, cello)

Edition Kunzelmann, GM 614a

Rating: mid-grade

1. Adagio - Vivace assai
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto - Allegretto
4. Rondo - Vivace

Only parts

Konzert (D-Dur)

(flute, piano orchestral excerpt)

F. E. C. Leuckart, 9404

Rating: easy

1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegro molto

Probably written in 1170. This edition is based on a copy from a collection in Zittau.

Londoner Trios

(2 flutes (2 violins), cello)

Edition Peters, Nr. 4972

Rating: mid-grade

1. Trio I (Allegro moderato - Andante - Finale)
2. Trio II (Andante con variazioni - Allegro)
3. Trio III (Spiritoso - Andante - Allegro)

The first plays from the score.

The London Trios were composed 1794 during a trip to London. In 1878 they were recovered from the estate of a collector in London. In 1909 due to the 100th day of death the composition was published again by the head of the music departement of the Berlin state library. Of three original hand writings one got lost during world war second.

This edition consists of two parts and the score and includes both versions of the second movement in the first trio.

Mann und Weib oder Der Geburtstag (C-Dur)

(flute, violin, viola, cello)

Tonger Musikverlag, PJT 720

Rating: mid-grade

1. Presto (Allegro)
2. Andante moderato
3. Menuett
4. Fantasia (Air) - Moderato

Flute plays from score

Sechs Quartette - Band II

(flute, violin (harpsichord), viola, cello)

Edition Molinari, ISMN M-50062-079-2

Rating: mid-grade

1. Quartetto IV (Hob II:D16): Allegro moderato
2. Quartetto IV (Hob II:D16): Andante molto
3. Quartetto IV (Hob II:D16): Minuetto
4. Quartetto IV (Hob II:D16): Rondeau Allegretto
5. Quartetto V (Hob II:Es15): Allegro
6. Quartetto V (Hob II:Es15): Andante
7. Quartetto V (Hob II:Es15): Minuetto
8. Quartetto V (Hob II:Es15): Rondeau Andante cantabile
9. Quartetto VI (Hob XIV:F1): Allegro moderato
10. Quartetto VI (Hob XIV:F1): Andante molto
11. Quartetto VI (Hob XIV:F1): Rondeau Allegro

Parts and score

Sechs Trios - Band II (4-6) op. 100

(flute, violin, cello)

Zimmermann, Z. 11253 b

Rating: mid-grade

1. IV: Adagio - Scherzo Allegro - Finale Presto
2. V: Andante con espressione - Adagio - Tempo di Menuetto
3. VI: Allegro moderato - Adagio - Vivace

An old edition from the second hand bookshop. Only parts, no score. Probably this edition is no longer sold.

The Divertimenti are really fine, many slowly movements, sounding fine and fun to play.

Sechs Trios, Band I (No. 1-3) op. 100

(flute, violin, cello)

Zimmermann, ZM 1015

Rating: mid-grade

1. Trio I (Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo die Menuetto)
2. Trio II (Allegro - Adagio -Finale Allegro)
3. Trio III (Allegro moderato -Poco Adagio - Finale Presto)

Only parts, no score

Six Quartets - Volume I

(flute, violin, viola, cello)

International Music Company, No. 2521

Rating: mid-grade

1. Quartett D-Dur, Op. 1 Nr. 5 (Presto - Adagio - Menuett - Presto)
2. Quartett G-Dur, op. 5 Nr. 2 (Presto assai - Minuetto - Adagio - Presto)
3. Quartett D-Dur, op. 5 Nr. 3 (Presto - Adagio - Minuetto - Presto)

Six Quartets - Volume II Hob. II

(flute, violin, viola, cello)

International Music Company, No. 2522

Rating: mid-grade

1. Quartet G major, Hob. II No. 1 (Vivace-Andante moderato - Minuetteo - Fantasia moderato)
2. Quartet D major, Hob. II, D 11 (Presto-Minuetto-Adagio-Presto)
3. Quartet in C major, Hob. II, No. 11 (Presto-Andante-Minuetto-Fantasia moderato)

Only parts, no score

Sonate (G-Dur)

(flute (violin), piano)

Edition Peters, Nr. 190a

Rating: mid-grade

1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Finale - Presto

Trio Hob. XV:15 (G-Dur)

(flute, cello, piano)

Edition Breitkopf, Nr. 1131

Rating: mid-grade

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Finale - Allegro moderato

Trio Nr. 72 in F-Dur - nach dem Barytontrio Nr. 72 in D-Dur, Hob.XI:72 (F-Dur) (Bearbeitung)

(oboe (flute), clarinet, bassoon)

Waldkazu, WK9706

Rating: easy

1. Adagio
2. Allegro assai
3. Menuett - Allegretto

Parts and score

Trios - Londoner Trios Hob. IV:1-4

(2 flutes, cello)

G. Henle Verlag, 454

Rating: easy

1. Trio 1 in C: Allegro moderato
2. Trio 1 in C: Andante (Frühere Fassung)
3. Trio 1 in C: Andante (spätere Fassung)
4. Trio 1 in C: Finale - Vivace
5. Trio 2 in G: Spiritoso
6. Trio 2 in G: Andante
7. Trio 2 in G: Allegro
8. Triosatz in G
9. Andante in G

Nur Stimmen.

Zwölf Nokturnos (D-Dur)

(2 flutes, 2 horns)

Apollo-Verlag Paul Lincke, A. V. 6096

Rating: easy

1. Marsch
2. Menuet
3. Scherzando
4. Menuet
5. Allegro
6. Grazioso
7. Kanon
8. Allegretto
9. Menuet
10. Grazioso
11. Allegretto
12. Allegro

First printed edition made of a handwriting from the year 1810, owned by the woodwind quintet of the Saxonian National orchestra Dresden

All movements very short and easy to play.

CDs with/from Joseph Haydn

Henry Adolph, Jörg Färber, Willy Freivogel, Hans Gösser, Klaus-Peter Hahn, Kurpfalz Kammerorchester, Hans-Martin Linde, Pro Arte Orchester München, Kurt Redel, Solistes de Marseille, Süddeutsche Philharmonie, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Flute Concerto (1997)

Mediaphon

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314:
1. Allegro aperto (07:09:00)
2. Andante ma non troppo (07:14:00)
3. Allegro (05:10:00)
Johann Joachim Quantz: Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in G major:
4. Arioso (07:03:00)
Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D major, RV 428 "Il Gardellino":
5. Allegro (04:12:00)
6. Cantabile (02:40:00)
7. Allegro (03:09:00)
8. Joseph Haydn: Flute Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIf (07:50:00)
Karl Stamitz: Flute Concerto in G major, op. 29:
9. Allegro (08:06:00)
10. Andante non troppo moderato (04:36:00)
11. Rondo. Allegro (05:13:00)

Anthony Newman, Eugenia Zukerman

Time Pieces (1989)

Novalis

1. Joseph Haydn: 12 Pieces for musical clock (15:28:00)
2. Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Grande Roundeau Brilliante (13:52:00)
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante (06:37:00)
Friedrich Kuhlau: Sonate:
4. Allegro (04:12:00)
5. Andante (02:02:00)
6. Rondo (04:15:00)

Matteo Fossi, Othmar Müller, Hansgeorg Schmeiser

Trios für Flute, Cello & Piano (2012)

Carl Maria von Weber & Joseph Haydn

Nimbus Records

Carl Maria von Weber: Trio for flute, cello and piano (1819):
1. Allegro moderato (08:40:00)
2. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (02:59:00)
3. Schäfers Klage. Andante espressivo (03:48:00)
4. Carl Maria von Weber: Finale. Allegro (08:55:00)
Joseph Haydn: Trio in D HXV16 (1790):
5. Allegro (07:57:00)
6. Andantino piu tosto Allegretto (05:23:00)
7. Vivace assai (05:13:00)
Joseph Haydn: Trio in G HXV15 (1790):
8. Allegro (09:15:00)
9. Andante (05:14:00)
10. Finale. Allegro moderato (04:52:00)
Joseph Haydn: Trio in F HXV17 (1790):
11. Allegro (07:17:00)
12. Tempo di Menuetto (05:55:00)

Literature von/über Joseph Haydn

• Adorján, András:  Lexikon der Flöte
  Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
  1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
• Barz, Paul:  Mozart
  München: dtv,
  2005. - ISBN: 3-423-24517-4
• Beci, Veronika:  Musiker und Mächtige
  Artemis und Winkler,
  2001. - ISBN: 3-538-07126-8
• Bernstein, Leonard:  Konzert für junge Leute
  Die Welt der Musik in neun Kapiteln
  Albrecht Knaus,
  1985. - ISBN: 3-8135-0396-8
• Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich:  Musik im Abendland
  Prozesse und Stationen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
  München: Piper,
  1991. - ISBN: 3-492-22301-X
• Gruber, Sabine M.:  Mit einem Fuß in der Frühlingswiese
  Ein Spaziergang durch Haydns Jahreszeiten mit Sprachbildern von Niklaus Harnoncourt
  St. Pölten: Residenz Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-7017-1517-6
• Keitel, Wilhelm:  Gioachino Rossini
  1. edition Albrecht Knaus,
  1992. - ISBN: 3-8135-0364-X
• Richter, Thomas:  Warum man im Auto nicht Wagner hören sollte
  Musik und Gehirn
  Stuttgart: Reclam,
  2012. - ISBN: 978-3-15-020255-5
• Schmierer, Elisabeth:  Komponisten-Porträts
  Bilder und Daten
  Stuttgart: Reclam,
  2003. - ISBN: 3-15-018268-9
• Springorum, Friedrich:  Geschenk der Musik
  Nachklang im Wort
  4. edition München: Prestel-Verlag,
  1965.
• Tonger, P. J.:  Conversations-Lexikon der Tonkunst
  Beilage der Neuen Musikzeitung
  Köln: Wilhelm Hassel,
  1910.
• Wiermann, Barbara:  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Dokumente zu Leben und Wirken aus der zeitgenössischen Hamburgischen Presse (1767-1790)
  Leipziger Beiträge zur Bach-Forschung
  Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag,
  2000. - ISBN: 3-487-11075-x