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Joseph Haydn: Sonatas
Haydn´s earliest surviving keyboard sonatas were most likely composed during the period before 1760, while he survived by teaching piano.
Probably a lot of similar works have been lost because Haydn gave the manuscripts to his students without making copies.
Most of these sonatas are short, relatively easy and in a three-movement format (fast-minuet-fast). From the mid-1760s the Sonatas are weightier and have much larger structures, with substantial slow movements.
With Hob. XVI:44 (1867) Haydn also ventures for the first time into the minor mode – this is the case with only five of his piano sonatas.
During the 1770s, Haydn composed at least 18 keyboard sonatas, published in sets of six. The one in C minor, Hob. XVI:20, stands out as one of the masterworks of Haydn´s Sturm und Drang period.
The three sonatas of 1784 are interesting formal experiments; each is in two movements and only one movement is in sonata form. The late sonatas were written in connection with Haydn’s visits to London: Hob XVI:50 and 52 were written for Therese Jansen, a leading English pianist. They give evidence not only of Jansen´s formidable technique, but also of the more powerful sonority of the English piano in comparison to its continental counterparts.
Sheet Music Downloads:
Title | AST | Key | Composed | Type | Level |
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Sonata Hob. 16 No. 1 | ![]() | C Major | 1760 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 2 | ![]() | B-flat Major | 1760 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 3 | ![]() | C Major | 1760 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 4 | ![]() | D Major | 1760 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 5 | ![]() | A Major | 1763 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 6 | ![]() | G Major | 1766 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 7 | ![]() | C Major | 1766 | Sonata | 5 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 8 | ![]() | G Major | 1766 | Sonata | 5 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 9 | ![]() | F Major | 1766 | Sonata | 5 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 10 | ![]() | C Major | 1767 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 11 | ![]() | G Major | 1767 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 12 | ![]() | A Major | 1767 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 13 | ![]() | E Major | 1767 | Sonata | 5 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 14 | ![]() | D Major | 1767 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 15 | ![]() | C Major | 1767 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 16 | ![]() | E-flat Major | - | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 17 | ![]() | B-flat Major | - | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 18 | ![]() | B-flat Major | 1767 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 19 | ![]() | D Major | 1767 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 20 | ![]() | C Minor | 1771 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 21 | ![]() | C Major | 1773 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 22 | ![]() | E Major | 1773 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 23 | ![]() | F Major | 1773 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 24 | ![]() | D Major | 1773 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 25 | ![]() | E-flat Major | 1773 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 26 | ![]() | A Major | 1773 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 27 | ![]() | G Major | 1776 | Sonata | 6 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 28 | ![]() | E-flat Major | 1776 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 29 | ![]() | F Major | 1776 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 30 | ![]() | A Major | 1776 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 31 | ![]() | E Major | 1776 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 32 | ![]() | B Minor | 1776 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 33 | ![]() | D Major | 1777 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 34 | ![]() | E Minor | 1778 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 35 | ![]() | C Major | 1780 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 36 | ![]() | C-sharp Minor | 1780 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 37 | ![]() | D Major | 1780 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 38 | ![]() | E-flat Major | 1780 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 39 | ![]() | G Major | 1780 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 40 | ![]() | G Major | 1784 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 41 | ![]() | B-flat Major | 1784 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 42 | ![]() | D Major | 1784 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 43 | ![]() | A-flat Major | 1783 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 44 | ![]() | G Minor | 1767 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 45 | ![]() | E-flat Major | 1767 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 46 | ![]() | A-flat Major | 1767 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 47 | ![]() | F Major | 1767 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 48 | ![]() | C Major | 1789 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 49 | ![]() | E-flat Major | 1790 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 50 | ![]() | C Major | 1795 | Sonata | 8 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 51 | ![]() | D Major | 1795 | Sonata | 7 |
Sonata Hob. 16 No. 52 | ![]() | E-flat Major | 1794 | Sonata | 8 |