Enselein, ThomasAntiquariat.de
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809Biblio.com
Dernière sonate pour le piano forte avec accompaniment de violoncomposée expressément pour Madame la Maréchale Moreau par le célébre Jos. Haydn.
16-3934Paris: Chez Naderman circa 1820. 13 pages. 35.5 x 27 cm. Printed on laid rag paper Stained througout. Facsimile of letter from Haydn to Louise-Alexandrine-Eugénie Moreau the French-Creole wife of the famous general Jean Victor Moreau dated 1803.Dernière sonate pour le piano forte avec accompaniment de violonÀ Paris : publiée par Naderman circa 1820Expertise by Thierry BODIN - 01 45 48 25 31Syndicat Français des experts Professionnels en Oeuvre d'ArtStanford University Libraries Memorial Library of Music MLM 498:In advance of a visit to Paris in 1803 Prince Esterházy asked Haydn to compose a new piano sonata as a gift for Louise-Alexandrine-Eugénie Moreau the French-Creole wife of the famous general Jean Victor Moreau and hostess of an influential Paris salon. Haydn pleading illness sent instead a copy of the sonata for piano with violin and 'cello accompaniment HXV:31 minus the somewhat superfluous ‘cello part. In an accompanying letter to Madame Moreau Haydn apologizes for not composing something new due to his failing health and promises to fulfill his duties once he regains his strength.This two-movement work in the unusual key of E flat minor was originally composed for piano violin and ‘cello. Haydn wrote it soon after his return to Vienna from London in 1795 and in 1805 it was published for three instruments by several publishing houses. The autograph manuscript is in the Zweig Collection at the British Library. Dated 1795 Haydn wrote at the top of the second movement: “Jacobs Dream by Dr. Haydn 794†which indicates that the second movement was likely composed first.The piano part contains a good amount of virtuosic writing and like other keyboard works of the time seeks to exploit the expressive possibilities inherent in the new English grand pianos of which Haydn was enamored. The violin part also presents technical challenges. “Jacob’s Dream†alludes to the bible story in which Jacob dreams of a stairway to heaven effortlessly trafficked by angels. The work was apparently so named to tease a certain violinist intending to perform the piece whose technique often failed him but whose hubris did not when attempting to play in the upper registers. Haydn always the joker!The work was published postumously as a piano sonata with violin accompaniment by Nadermann in Paris 1820 and in partnership with Clementi in London 1821. The title page of the London edition which is in the Memorial Library of Music features a neoclassical lithograph of the muse Erato with her lyre accompanied by a swan placing a myrtle wreath on Haydn’s grave marker. Aslo included is Haydn's letter to Madame Moreau reproduced in facsimile. Paris: Chez Naderman, circa 1820 unknown
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