The Life of Haydn

Author:   David Wyn Jones (Cardiff University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date:   05 June 2021
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Author:   David Wyn Jones (Cardiff University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9781139583244


ISBN 10:   1139583247
Publication Date:   05 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface; 1. God and country; 2. Serving princes: images of Haydn: 1776; 3. Italian opera at Eszterháza; 4. 'My misfortune is that I live in the country': images of Haydn: 1790; 5. London–Vienna–London; 6. Viennese composer, European composer; 7. 'Gone is all my strength': images of Haydn: 1809.

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Jones' concise biography of Franz Joseph Haydn incorporates material discovered in the last thirty years and dwells on his life... -- The Opera Journal


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David Wyn Jones is Professor of Music and Head of School at Cardiff University and has written extensively on music and musical life in the Classical Period. He is the author of The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna (2006), The Life of Beethoven (1998), Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony (1996) and is the editor of Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria (1996), all published by Cambridge University Press. His Companion to Haydn (2002) was awarded the C. B. Oldman Prize by IAML UK. He has contributed to several programmes on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4.

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