List of solo piano compositions by Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

This is a list of solo piano pieces by Joseph Haydn.

Piano sonatas

Two numbering schemes for the sonatas are commonly used. Here, the pieces are sorted using the numbering method proposed by H. C. Robbins Landon,[1] while the "Hob. XVI" specification refers to its index in the Hoboken catalogue.

Landon Hob. XVI Key Date Audio Notes
1 8 G major
2 7 C major 1766
3 9 F major 1758
4 G1 G major
5 11 G major 1767
6 10 C major 1767
7 XVII/D1 D major
8 5 A major 1750–55 Doubtful
9 4 D major 1765
10 1 C major 1750–55 Doubtful
11 2 B♭ major 1760
12 12 A major 1767
13 6 G major 1766
14 3 C major 1765
15 13 E major 1767
16 14 D major 1767
17 Es2 E♭ major 1750–1766?? Doubtful
18 Es3 E♭ major 1750–1766?? Doubtful; possibly composed by Mariano Romano Kayser
19 47 E minor 1765–67 Different version of L. 57; does not contain Moderato movement of L. 57; only the minuet is exclusive to L. 19.
20 18 B♭ major 1771–73
21 2a D minor Lost
22 2b A major Lost
23 2c B major Lost
24 2d B♭ major Lost
25 2e E minor Lost
26 2g C major Lost
27 2h A major Lost
15 C major Doubtful; arrangement of the Divertimento in C, Hob. II/11
16 E♭ major Doubtful
17 B♭ major Spurious; by Johann Gottfried Schwanenberger
28 XIV/5 D major Incompletely preserved
29 45 E♭ major 1766
30 19 D major 1767
31 46 A♭ major 1767–70
32 44 G minor 1771–73
33 20 C minor 1771 The first of Haydn’s keyboard works to be conceived with the dynamic contrasts only possible with a touch sensitive keyboard e.g. clavichord or fortepiano rather than harpsichord. Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
34 33 D major 1773 Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall
35 43 A♭ major c.1773 Authenticity doubted by some authorities. Published 1783 in London
36 21 C major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
37 22 E major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
38 23 F major 1773 First movement: (3:42)

Second movement (4:00): Third movement (2:44):

For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
39 24 D major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
40 25 E♭ major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
41 26 A major 1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
42 27 G major 1774–76
43 28 E♭ major 1774–76
44 29 F major 1774
45 30 A major 1774–76
46 31 E major 1774–76
47 32 B minor 1774–76
48 35 C major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
49 36 C♯ minor 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger

Only piano composition that is written in this key. The minuet also contains C# Major section, which is exceptionally rare in Classical-era compositions.

50 37 D major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
51 38 E♭ major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
52 39 G major 1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
53 34 E minor c.1778 or 1783 Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall
54 40 G major 1784 First movement (6:36): Second movement (3:01): Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
55 41 B♭ major 1784 Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
56 42 D major 1784 Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
57 47 F major 1788 Different version of L. 19. The minuet is not included in L. 57.
58 48 C major 1789 Published 1789 in Leipzig by Breifkopf
59 49 E♭ major 1789-90
60 50 C major 1794 composed London
61 51 D major 1794 composed London
62 52 E♭ major 1794 composed London

Piano pieces

These works are in Category XVII of the Hoboken catalogue.

  • Capriccio in G major on "Acht Sauschneider müssen sein", Hob. XVII/1
  • Twenty Variations in G major, Hob. XVII/2
  • Arietta con 12 Variazioni, Hob. XVII/3
  • Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major, Hob. XVII/4 (1789)
  • Variations (6) in C major, Hob. XVII/5 (1790)
  • Variations in F minor, Un piccolo divertimento, Hob. XVII/6 (1793)
  • Variations (5) in D major, Hob. XVII/7
  • Variations (8) in D major, Hob. XVII/8 (uncertain)
  • Adagio in F major, Hob. XVII/9
  • Allegretto in G major, Hob. XVII/10 (uncertain; arrangement of the Allegretto in G, Hob. XIX/27)
  • Andante in C major, Hob. XVII/11 (uncertain)
  • Andante con variazioni (4) in B♭ major, Hob. XVII/12 (uncertain)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Landon, H. C. Robbins. In: Haydn (Oxford Composer Companions), Ed Wyn Jones, D. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002, pp. 203 & 468.
  • Sheet music for the piano sonatas: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  • "Music for piano, keyboard and organ". Archived from the original on December 31, 2009.
  • Complete recording of Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonatas on a sampled Walter fortepiano and on a sampled Steinway D