Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/50 explained

The Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI/50, L.60, was written c. 1794 by Joseph Haydn.

Structure

The work has three movements.

1. Allegro
2. Adagio (in F major)
3. Allegro molto

History

The sonata was written for and dedicated to Therese Jansen Bartolozzi c. 1794. Jansen Bartolozzi subsequently published the sonata in with the title: "A Grand Sonata for the Piano Forte Composed Expressly for and dedicated to Mrs. Bartolozzi by Haydn ... Op. 79 ... London. Printed for, and to be had of the Proprietor 82 Wells Street and of the Publishers J. and H. Caulfield 36 Picadilly."

References

Sources

• Book: Hinson. Maurice. Haydn: The Complete Piano Sonatas. 3. Van Nuys, California. Alfred Publishing. 1990.
• Book: Jones, David Wyn. David Wyn Jones. Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2002.
• Book: Landon, H.C. Robbins. H. C. Robbins Landon. Haydn: Chronicle and Works. 3. Haydn in England 1791–1795. London. Thames & Hudson. 1976.

External links

• • Performance of Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/50 by George Li from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format