Preface; 1. God and country; 2. Serving princes: images of Haydn: 1776; 3. Italian opera at Eszterháza; 4. 'My misfortune is that I live in the country': images of Haydn: 1790; 5. London–Vienna–London; 6. Viennese composer, European composer; 7. 'Gone is all my strength': images of Haydn: 1809.
Presenting a fresh picture of Haydn's life and work, this biography captures all the complexities and contradictions of the composer's long career.
David Wyn Jones is Professor of Music and Head of School at Cardiff University.
"The author provides an accessible, insightful, and sympathetically
humanistic portrait of the day-to-day existence of the man,
bringing to light commonplace practical matters of the life of a
musician in the 18th century." --Choice
"Jones' concise biography of Franz Joseph Haydn incorporates
material discovered in the last thirty years and dwells on his
life..." -- The Opera Journal
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