Sonja Gerlach

In the years 1775 to 1776, about ten years after Haydn had taken up his work at Esterházy Palace, he composed his Symphony in B flat major Hob. I:66. At this time, the opera business at the princely c...

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The names of the composers included here read like a 'Who is Who' of the heyday of Bohemian musicians and composers from the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. They include F. Benda, J. Stamitz,...

Gallant' and 'sensitive' by no means implies boring and old-fashioned. Proof of this is given by Franz (František) Benda, the Bohemian Paganini of the 18th Century. Not only was his life extremely col...

The fact that Ouverture, Scherzo und Finale is hardly known may be due to the dif? culty of categorizing it. In letters and notes, one can occasionally ?nd the designation 'suite', 'symphoniette' and...

The documents of the Esterházy archives on the princely court chapel in the period from 1761 to 1770.

Haydn Bibliography 1984-1990