Haydn joseph

1797 · 40149 — London: Mr. Salomon 1797. Folio. Disbound. i title 98-115 pp. Engraved. Watermark 1796. "Sinfonia XII" printed at left of first system.<br /> <br /> With autograph control signature "J Salomon" with flourish to lower outer corner of title. <br /> <br /> Slightly worn and browned; very small tear to blank outer margin of title. First Edition of this arrangement by Johann Peter Salomon 1745-1815 entered at Stationer's Hall on 2 October 1797. HWV Vol. I p. 208 and appendix Coll.Sy.15b. Hoboken Collection Vol. 6 265 lacking string parts. RISM H4522 no complete sets of parts; copy in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek ex-Hoboken lacks the Violoncello part; separate piano parts at Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and Royal Danish Library Copenhagen. WorldCat records two complete sets of parts only at the University of Oxford OCLC 28445245 and the Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden OCLC 315930218 and a piano part only OCLC 41830929 at Princeton University. <br /> <br /> "Haydn's London symphonies nos. 93-104 crown his career as a symphonic composer. Not only do they outdo the Paris symphonies stylistically but he produced them in person for rapturous audiences; this interaction stimulated him to ever bolder and more original conceptions. . No. 104 begins with a massive dotted motif on the 5th D-A which some commentators describe as dominating the entire symphony; the first movement is one of Haydn's freest and the finale has greater relative weight than that in any other of the London symphonies." James Webster in Grove Music Online<br /> <br /> Johann Peter Salomon a German violinist impresario and composer "played a leading part in English musical life not only in London but in the provinces as well. Having made his name as a brilliant violinist he made progressively fewer solo appearances and turned his attention to conducting and especially promoting concerts. He mounted subscription concerts from 1783 featuring such international artists as the soprano Mme Mara and his greatest triumph was to secure Haydn's visits to London in 1790-91 and 1794-5 for which the two sets of six 'Salomon' or 'London' symphonies h I:93-104 were written. Haydn's esteem for his impresario and orchestral leader can sometimes be seen in the symphonies for example the phrase marked 'Salomon solo ma piano' in the trio of no.97 and the florid violin part of no.103 second movement; the Concertante in B♭ h I:105 was composed for Salomon who played the solo violin part; and the six string quartets opp.71 and 74 h III:69-74 written between the two London visits in 1793 though dedicated to Count Apponyi were clearly designed for the public performances that Salomon's quartet gave in London. Salomon is also said to have had a hand in providing Haydn with the original model for the text of The Creation." Hubert Unverricht in Grove Music Online. Mr. Salomon unknown