Hoboken catalogue

The Hoboken catalogue is a catalogue of the musical compositions by Joseph Haydn compiled by Anthony van Hoboken. It is intended to cover the composer's entire oeuvre and includes over 750 entries. Its full title in the original German is Joseph Haydn, Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis ("Joseph Haydn, thematic-bibliographic catalogue of works"). The Haydn catalogue that now bears Hoboken's name was begun in card format in 1934; work continued until the publication of the third and final book volume in 1978.

Works by Haydn are often indicated using their Hoboken catalogue number, typically in the format "Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1".

The catalogue

The catalogue is a massive work; a currently available version runs to 1936 pages.^[1] Each work is given with an identifying incipit, printed on a single musical line. There is discussion of manuscript sources, early editions, listing in previous catalogues (including the two Haydn prepared), and critical commentary.

Organization

Catalogues of composers' works typically follow either a chronological arrangement (sorting by date of composition) or a sorting by musical genre.^[2] Hoboken's catalogue is of the latter type; thus the symphonies, for example, are in category I, all string quartets are in category III, piano sonatas are in category XVI, and so on.

Hob.	Category
I	Symphonies (1–108)
Ia	Overtures (1–17)
II	Divertimenti in 4 and more Parts (1–47)
III	String Quartets (1–83)
IV	Divertimenti in 3 Parts (1–11)
V	String Trios (1–21)
VI	Various Duos (1–6)
VII	Concertos for Various Instruments
VIII	Marches (1–7)
IX	Dances (1–31)
X	Various Works for Baryton (1–12)
XI	Trios for Baryton, Violin (or Viola) and Cello (1–126)
XII	Duos with Baryton (1–24)
XIII	Concertos for Baryton (1–3)
XIV	Divertimenti with Piano (1–13)
XV	Trios for Piano, Violin (or Flute) and Cello (1–41)
XVa	Piano Duos (1–3)
XVI	Piano Sonatas (1–52)
XVII	Piano Pieces (1–12)
XVIIa	Piano 4 Hands (1–2)
XVIII	Keyboard Concertos (1–11)
XIX	Pieces for musical clock (Flötenuhr) (1–32)
XX	Versions of The Seven Last Words of Christ (1–4)
XXa	Stabat Mater
XXI	Oratorios (1, 2, 3)
XXII	Masses (1–14)
XXIIa	Requiem
XXIIb	Libera me
XXIII	Other Sacred Works
XXIV	Cantatas (1–11) and Arias (1–23) with Orchestra
XXV	Songs with 2 (1–2), 3 (1–5), and 4 (1–9) Parts
XXVI	Lieder with Piano (1–48) and Cantatas with Instruments (1–4)
XXVII	Canons (Sacred 1–10; Secular 1–47)
XXVIII	Operas (1–13)
XXIX	Marionette Operas (1–5) and Singspiele (1–3)
XXX	Incidental Music (1–5)
XXXI	Arrangements of Scottish (1–273) and Welsh (1–61) and other (1–17) Folksongs
XXXII	Pasticcios (1–4)

Notes

^ Available in pdf format from [1].
^ Examples of the chronological type are Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works, or Deutsch catalogue of Schubert's works. Another examples of the genre-arranged type are Schmieder's catalogue (BWV) of Bach's works, or Baselt's catalogue (HWV) of Handel's works.