Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Haydn's music at the Concert spirituel; 3. Popular taste; 4. Learned taste; 5. Splendour and beauty: Symphonies Nos. 82 and 86; 6. Convention and originality: Symphony No. 85; 7. Irony and humour: Symphony No. 83; 8. The refinement of popular taste: Symphonies Nos. 84 and 87.

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An examination of Haydn's symphonies Nos. 82-7.

Reviews

'This is an excellent introduction to a wonderful set of symphonies, and a popular vindication of the new direction of Haydn scholarship.' The Times Literary Supplement