List of solo piano compositions by Joseph Haydn

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Joseph Haydn

This is a list of solo piano pieces by Joseph Haydn.

Piano sonatas[edit]

Two numbering schemes for the sonatas are commonly used. Here, the pieces are sorted using the numbering method proposed by H. C. Robbins Landon,[1] while the "Hob. XVI" specification refers to its index in the Hoboken catalogue.

Landon Hob. XVI Key Date Audio Notes
1 8 G major
2 7 C major 1766
3 9 F major 1758
4 G1 G major
5 11 G major 1767
6 10 C major 1767
7 XVII/D1 D major
8 5 A major 1750–55 Doubtful
9 4 D major 1765
10 1 C major 1750–55 Doubtful
11 2 B♭ major 1760
12 12 A major 1767
13 6 G major 1766
14 3 C major 1765
15 13 E major 1767
16 14 D major 1767
17 Es2 E♭ major 1750–1766?? Doubtful
18 Es3 E♭ major 1750–1766?? Doubtful; possibly composed by Mariano Romano Kayser
19 47 E minor 1765–67 Different version of L. 57; does not contain Moderato movement of L. 57; only the minuet is exclusive to L. 19.
20 18 B♭ major 1771–73
21 2a D minor Lost
22 2b A major Lost
23 2c B major Lost
24 2d B♭ major Lost
25 2e E minor Lost
26 2g C major Lost
27 2h A major Lost
15 C major Doubtful; arrangement of the Divertimento in C, Hob. II/11
16 E♭ major Doubtful
17 B♭ major Spurious; by Johann Gottfried Schwanenberger
28 XIV/5 D major Incompletely preserved
29 45 E♭ major 1766
30 19 D major 1767
31 46 A♭ major 1767–70
32 44 G minor 1771–73
33 20 C minor 1771 The first of Haydn’s keyboard works to be conceived with the dynamic contrasts only possible with a touch sensitive keyboard e.g. clavichord or fortepiano rather than harpsichord. Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
34 33 D major 1773 Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall
35 43 A♭ major c.1773 Authenticity doubted by some authorities. Published 1783 in London
36 21 C major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
37 22 E major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
38 23 F major 1773 First movement: (3:42)

Second movement (4:00): Third movement (2:44):

For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
39 24 D major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
40 25 E♭ major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
41 26 A major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
42 27 G major 1774–76
43 28 E♭ major 1774–76
44 29 F major 1774
45 30 A major 1774–76
46 31 E major 1774–76
47 32 B minor 1774–76
48 35 C major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
49 36 C♯ minor 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger

Only piano composition that is written in this key. The minuet also contains C# Major section, which is exceptionally rare in Classical-era compositions.

50 37 D major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
51 38 E♭ major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
52 39 G major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
53 34 E minor c.1778 or 1783 Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall
54 40 G major 1784 First movement (6:36): Second movement (3:01): Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
55 41 B♭ major 1784 Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
56 42 D major 1784 Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
57 47 F major 1788 Different version of L. 19. The minuet is not included in L. 57.
58 48 C major 1789 Published 1789 in Leipzig by Breifkopf
59 49 E♭ major 1789-90
60 50 C major 1794 composed London
61 51 D major 1794 composed London
62 52 E♭ major 1794 composed London

Piano pieces[edit]

These works are in Category XVII of the Hoboken catalogue.

  • Capriccio in G major on "Acht Sauschneider müssen sein", Hob. XVII/1
  • Twenty Variations in G major, Hob. XVII/2
  • Arietta con 12 Variazioni, Hob. XVII/3
  • Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major, Hob. XVII/4 (1789)
  • Variations (6) in C major, Hob. XVII/5 (1790)
  • Variations in F minor, Un piccolo divertimento, Hob. XVII/6 (1793)
  • Variations (5) in D major, Hob. XVII/7
  • Variations (8) in D major, Hob. XVII/8 (uncertain)
  • Adagio in F major, Hob. XVII/9
  • Allegretto in G major, Hob. XVII/10 (uncertain)
  • Andante in C major, Hob. XVII/11 (uncertain)
  • Andante con variazioni (4) in B♭ major, Hob. XVII/12 (uncertain)

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Landon, H. C. Robbins. In: Haydn (Oxford Composer Companions), Ed Wyn Jones, D. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002, pp. 203 & 468.

External links[edit]

  • Sheet music for the piano sonatas: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  • "Music for piano, keyboard and organ". Archived from the original on December 31, 2009.
  • Complete recording of Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonatas on a sampled Walter fortepiano and on a sampled Steinway D
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