Collections of Essays
1014.Haydn and His World. Ed. Elaine R. Sisman. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton U.P.,- xiii, 474p. ISBN 0-691-05798-2, ML410 H4 H3.
Nine essays by various specialists, useful for material on originality, Haydn’s
library, and the Vienna musical scene. One contribution, by Rebecca Green, is
specific to opera: “Representing the Aristocracy: The Operatic Haydn and Le
pescatrici.” It shows how Haydn flattered his aristocratic audiences through
textual adjustments (in this case of a Goldoni libretto) and gives a musical
analysis of the opera, written for a wedding celebration at Esterháza in 1770.
Periodicals
1015.Haydn-Studien,v.1–, 1965–. Munich: Joseph Haydn Institut, 1965–. Irregular.
ML410 .H4 A1 H29.
Valuable coverage of Haydn bibliography is presented in various volumes: A
base list of 724 writings (about 50 on opera) appeared in 1974; writings of
1973–1983 appeared in 1985; those of 1984–1990 (1,255 entries, about 78 on
opera) in 1986/1994. These bibliographies give full data on each item, and
they are indexed by topic. A “Kolloquium über Haydns Opern,” in 2:2 (May
1969): 113–118, gave a list of the operas with facts on the premiere and other
background data, plus a useful inventory of the singing roles. Otherwise the
Studienhave presented only occasional short articles on the operas.
1016.Haydn Yearbook = Haydn Jahrbuch,v.1–, 1962–. Eisenstadt: Verein Interna-
tionale Joseph Haydn Stiftung, 1962–. Annual. ML410 .H4 H4.
Nothing of relevance to the operas was published until v.20, 1996, when a
series of facsimiles of the libretti began to appear, with commentary by H. C.
Robbins Landon.Letters and Documents
- Landon, H. C. Robbins. The Collected Correspondence and London Note-
books of Joseph Haydn. London: Barrie & Rockliff, 1959. xxix, 367p.
ML410 .H4 A3.
Annotated translations of about 350 letters and documents, with introduction
and background commentaries and a bibliographical source catalogue. Other
letters and Haydn materials published by Landon and others are cited in Grave
(#1010), chapter 4.
Biographies
- Landon, H. C. Robbins. Haydn: Chronicle and Works. Bloomington: Indiana
U.P., 1976–1980. 5v. ISBN 0-253-33700-3. ML410 .H4 L26.
The standard biography and critical study. Descriptions of the five volumes
are in Grave (#1010), items 259–264. V.2 deals with opera at Esterháza, and
v.3 includes a detailed account of L’anima del filosofo.There is also a brief
version:
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