The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia

An authoritative, accessible reference work that brings together current knowledge and new interpretive insights into Haydn's music and cultural influence.

Caryl Clark (Edited by), Sarah Day-O'Connell (Edited by)

9781107567429, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 July 2021

524 pages, 32 b/w illus. 1 table 23 music examples
22.9 x 15 x 2.9 cm, 0.76 kg

'This major book is a treasure trove, a cabinet of wonders … a Wiki-Haydn … in an inspired touch, short entries, ranging in length from two to five pages, are punctuated by seven much longer 'conceptual essays', like pillars in a temple, which both tie together a cluster of other entries and fly their own kites … We can be grateful to Clark and Day-O'Connell for assembling such a rich and stimulating, if necessarily pointillist, portrait of this joyful composer.' Michael Spitzer, Eighteenth-Century Music

For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the repertoire from his day until ours. What do we need to know now in order to understand Haydn and his music? With over eighty entries focused on ideas and seven longer thematic essays to bring these together, this distinctive and richly illustrated encyclopedia offers a new perspective on Haydn and the many cultural contexts in which he worked and left his indelible mark during the Enlightenment and beyond. Contributions from sixty-seven scholars and performers in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, capture the vitality of Haydn studies today - its variety of perspectives and methods - and ultimately inspire further exploration of one of western music's most innovative and influential composers.

Preface and guide to readers
Acknowledgments
List of figures
List of musical examples
List of contributors
Chronology
Abbreviations
List of entries and essays
A-Z entries and essays
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups [AVH], Opera [AVGC9], Music [AV]