The Land of Opportunity: Joseph Haydn and Britain

Synopsis

On More Than One Occasion The Great Composer Joseph Haydn Remarked That He Became Well Known In His Own Country Only After He Had Made Two Visits To London In The 1790s. Although He Was Connected With The Esterházy Court For Over 40 Years And His Music Was Performed In Many Of Europe's Major Cities, London Was To Be The Only European City, Apart From Vienna, To Welcome The Composer In Person. The Essays In This Volume Examine The Relationship Between The Composer And The Commercial, Political And Social World And Help Explain The Unparalleled Popularity Hadyn And His Music Have Enjoyed Ever Since. Haydn, Austria And Britain : Music, Culture And Politics In The 1790s / David Wyn Jones -- Caricatures By Henry William Bunbury In The Collection Of Joseph Haydn / Thomas Tolley -- Thomas Hardy's Portrait Of Joseph Haydn / Alan Davison -- A Matter Of Words : Haydn, Holcroft And Anne Hunter / Caroline Grigson -- Haydn's Music And Clementi's Publishing Circle / David Rowland -- Haydn's 'british Music Library' / Balázs Mikusi -- A Newly Discovered Libretto Edited By Haydn / Otto Biba -- The First Performers And Audiences Of Haydn's Chamber Music / Ingrid Fuchs -- Publishing Practice In Haydn's Vienna : Artaria And The Keyboard Trios Op. 40 / Rupert Ridgewell -- Mythological Motifs In The Biographical Accounts Of Haydn's Later Life / Christopher Wiley -- 'a Scarce Specimen Of That Unrivalled Master's Handwriting' : Haydn Manuscripts In The British Library / Arthur Searle. Edited By Richard Chesser And David Wyn Jones. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.