The Haydn literature is almost entirely Continental. With the exceptions of Pohl's article in Grove's "Dictionary of Music" and Miss Townsend's "Haydn," nothing of real importance has appeared in English. The following list does not profess to be complete. It seems futile in a book of this kind to refer amateurs and students to foreign works, many of which are out of print and others generally inaccessible. For the benefit of English readers the English works have been placed first and apart from the Continental. It has not been thought necessary to follow Pohl in giving a separate list of German and other Continental critiques. His plan of citing works in the order of their publication has, however, been adopted as being perhaps preferable to an alphabetical order of writers.
TITLE OF WORK AUTHOR PLACE AND DATE
"History of Music," Vol. IV. Burney London, 1789
"Reminiscences," Vol. I, p. 190 Michael Kelly London, 1826
"Musical Memoirs" Parke London, 1830,
2 vols.
"Letters of Distinguished Musicians."... London, 1867
Translated from the German by Lady
Wallace. Haydn's Letters, pp. 71-204,
with portrait
"Musical Composers and their Works" Sarah Tytler London, 1875
—Haydn, pp. 57-75
"Music and Morals"—Haydn, Haweis London, 1876
pp. 241-263
Leisure Hour, p. 572. Article, ... London, 1877
"Anecdotes of Haydn"
"The Great Composers Sketched Joseph Bennett London, Musical
by Themselves"—No. 1, Haydn. Times, Sept. 1877
An estimate of Haydn drawn mainly
from his letters
Article on Haydn in Grove's Pohl London, 1879
"Dictionary of Music"
"Studies of Great Composers"—Haydn, Parry London, 1887
pp. 91-118, with portrait
"History of Music," English edition, Naumann London (Cassell),
Vol. IV., pp. 852-882. 1888
Portraits and facsimiles
"Musical Reminiscences"—Music and William Spark London, 1892
Sunshine, pp. 141-149, with quotations
from Haydn's music to show "the happy
state of his mind whilst composing"
"Musical Haunts in London"—Haydn in F. G. Edwards London, 1895
London, pp. 32-36
"The Pianoforte Sonata"—Haydn, J. S. Shedlock London, 1895
pp. 111-120
"Music and Manners from Pergolese Krehbiel London, 1898
to Beethoven"—Haydn in London:
(1) His Note-book; (2) His English
Love, pp. 57-95
"George Thomson, the Friend of Burns" Cuthbert Hadden London, 1898
—Correspondence with Haydn,
pp. 303-308
"Old Scores and New Readings"—Haydn J. F. Runciman London, 1899
and his "Creation," pp. 85-92
"The Birthplace of Haydn: Dr Frank Merrick London, Musical
a Visit to Rohrau" Times, July 1899
"Joseph Haydn" Miss Pauline London, N.D.
in Great Musicians series D. Townsend
Article on Haydn in "Dictionary Riemann London,
of Music." English ed. translated Augener & Co.
by J. S. Shedlock
Autobiographical Sketch by himself. ... 1776
This was made use of by (1) De Luca
in "Das gelehrte Oesterreich," 1778;
(2) in Forkel's "Musikalischer
Almanach fur Deutschland," 1783;
and (3) in the European Magazine
for October 1784. The latter includes
a portrait
"Lexicon." Additional particulars Gerber 1790
are given in 2nd edition, 1812
Musik Correspondenz der teutschen Gerber 1792
Filarm. Gesellschaft, Nos. 17 and 18
Article in Journal des Luxus und Bertuch Weimar, 1805
der Moden
"Brevi notizie istorchie della vita Mayer Bergamo, 1809
e delle opere di Guis. Haydn."
Obituary in the Vaterland. Blatter ... Vienna, 1809
fur den ost Kaiserstaat
"Der Nagedachtenis van J. Haydn" Kinker Amsterdam, 1810
"Biographische Notizen uber Griezinger Leipzig, 1810
Joseph Haydn"
"Biographische Nachrichten von Dies Vienna, 1810
Joseph Haydn"
"Joseph Haydn" Arnold Erfurt, 1810;
2nd ed., 1825
"Notice sur J. Haydn" Framery Paris, 1810
"Notice historique sur la vie et les Le Breton Paris, 1810
ouvrages de Haydn" in the Moniteur.
This was reprinted in the
"Bibliographie Musicale," Paris, 1822.
It was also translated into Portuguese,
with additions by Silva-Lisboa.
Rio Janeiro, 1820
"Essai Historique sur la vie ... Strassburg, 1812
de J. Haydn"
"Le Haydine," etc. Carpani Milan, 1812;
This work was essentially reproduced, 2nd edition,
without acknowledgment, in "Lettres enlarged,
ecrites de Vienne en Autriche," etc., Padua, 1823
by L. A. C. Bombet, Paris, 1814;
republished as "Vie de Haydn, Mozart
et Metastase," par Stendhal, Paris,
1817. Bombet and Stendhal are both
pseudonyms of Henri Beyle. An English
translation of the 1814 work was
published in London by John Murray,
in 1817, under the title of "The Life
of Haydn in a Series of Letters," etc.
"Biogr. Notizen" Grosser Hirschberg, 1826
"Allg. Encyclopadie der Ersch und Gruber Leipzig, 1828
Wissenschaften und Kunste,"
2nd section, 3rd part, with a
biographical sketch by Frohlich
"Allg. Wiener Musikzeitung" ... 1843
"J. Haydn in London, 1791 and 1792" Karajan Vienna, 1861
"Joseph Haydn und sein Bruder Michael" Wurzbach Vienna, 1861
"Joseph Haydn" Ludwig Nordhausen, 1867
"Mozart and Haydn in London" Pohl Vienna, 1867
"Joseph Haydn." Pohl ...
This, the first comprehensive
biography of Haydn, was published
—the first half of Vol. I. in
1875, the second half in 1882.
After the death of Pohl in 1887
it was completed (1890) by
E. V. Mandyczewski
Notice in "Biographie Universelle" Fetis ...
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