List of piano music works by Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn's contribution toclassical piano music is very significant in both qualitative and quantitative terms. However, the reception of his works today lags behind that of Mozart and Beethoven .
Piano sonatas
Joseph Haydn wrote around 60 piano sonatas, the first for harpsichord or clavichord and the later ones for piano (pianoforte).
The early sonatas (before 1766)
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 1
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 3. Menuet
- Sonata in B flat major, Hob.XVI: 2
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Largo
- 3. Menuet
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 3
- 1. Allegretto
- 2. Andante
- 3. Menuet
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 4
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Menuet
- Sonata in A major, Hob.XVI: 5
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Menuet
- 3. Presto
- Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI: 6
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Minuet
- 3. Adagio
- 4th finale: Allegro molto
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 7
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Allegro
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Menuet
- 3. Andante
- 4. Allegro
- Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI: 9
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Menuet
- 3. Scherzo: Allegro
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 10
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI: 11
- 1. Presto
- 2. Andante
- 3. Menuet
- Sonata in A major, Hob.XVI: 12
- 1. Andante
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final
- Sonata in E major, Hob.XVI: 13
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 14
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 16
- 1. Andante
- 2. Menuet
- 3. Presto
- Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI: G1
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Minuetto
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: D1
- 1st theme and 3 variations
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final
Individual sonatas from 1766–1772
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XIV: 5 (fragment)
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Menuet
- Sonata in B flat major, Hob.XVI: 18
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Moderato
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 19
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Andante
- 3rd finale: Allegro assai
- Sonata in G minor, Hob.XVI: 44
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Allegretto
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 45
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Andante
- 3rd finale: Allegro di molto
- Sonata in A flat major, Hob.XVI: 46
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI: 47
- 1. Adagio
- 2. Allegro
- 3rd finale: Tempo di Menuet
Six Sonatas op.13 for Prince Nikolaus Esterházy (1773)
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 21
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in E major, Hob.XVI: 22
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Andante
- 3rd finale: Tempo di Menuet
- Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI: 23
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 24
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 25
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Tempo di Menuet
- Sonata in A major, Hob.XVI: 26
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Menu et al Rovescio
- 3rd final: Presto
Six Sonatas op.14 (1776)
- Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI: 27
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 28
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI: 29
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Tempo di Menuet
- Sonata in A major, Hob.XVI: 30
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Tempo di Menuet
- Sonata in E major, Hob.XVI: 31
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Allegretto
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI: 32
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Menuet
- 3rd final: Presto
Individual sonatas from 1776–1783
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 33 (until 1778)
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Tempo di Menuet
- Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI: 34 (approx. 1781/82)
- 1. Presto
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Vivace molto
- Sonata in A flat major, Hob.XVI: 43 (until 1783)
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Menuet I
- 3. Menuet II
- 4th rondo: Presto
Six sonatas op.30 dedicated to Miss Katharina and Marianna Auenbrugger (1780)
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 35
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Allegro
- Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob.XVI: 36
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Scherzando: Allegro con brio
- 3. Menuet: Moderato
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 37
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 2. Largo e sostenuto
- 3rd final: Presto ma non troppo
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 38
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Allegro
- Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI: 39
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Prestissimo
- Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI: 20 (partly composed as early as 1771)
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Andante con moto
- 3rd final: Allegro
Three sonatas for Princess Marie Esterházy (1784)
- Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI: 40
- 1. Allegretto e innocente
- 2. Presto
- Sonata in B flat major, Hob.XVI: 41
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Allegro di molto
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 42
- 1. Andante con espressione
- 2. Vivace assai
Two sonatas (around 1790)
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 48 (composed for Ch. G. Breitkopf)
- 1. Andante con espressione
- 2nd rondo: Presto
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 49 (composed for Maria Anna Edle by Genzinger)
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio e cantabile
- 3rd final: Tempo di Minuet
Three English Sonatas (1794)
- Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 52 (composed for Therese Jansen-Bartolozzi)
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd final: Presto
- Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: 50 (composed for Therese Jansen-Bartolozzi)
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegro molto
- Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI: 51
- 1. Andante
- 2nd final: Presto
Divertimenti for piano with accompaniment
- Hob.XIV: 1 E flat major (before 1766)
- Hob.XIV: 2 F major (before 1769)
- Hob.XIV: 3 in C major (around 1767)
- Hob.XIV: 4 in C major (1764)
- Hob.XIV: 5 in D major (before 1766)
- Hob.XIV: 6 G major (before 1767)
- Hob.XIV: 7 in C major (before 1766)
- Hob.XIV: 8 in C major (before 1766)
- Hob.XIV: 9 in F major (before 1766)
- Hob.XIV: 10 in C major (1764)
- Hob.XIV: 11 in C major (1760)
- Hob.XIV: 12 in C major (before 1766)
- Hob.XIV: 13 G major (1767)
- Other dubious works: Hob.XIV: C1 / C2 (1767) / C3 / Es1 / F1 / F2 / G1 (1774)
Piano duos Hob. XVa / Piano trios Hob.XV
see: List of chamber music works by Haydn
Pieces for piano solo
Piano variations
- 20 Variations in A major, Hob.XVII: 2 (1765)
- 5 Variations in D major, Hob.XVII: 7 (1766)
- Andante with variations in F minor Hob.XVII / 6 (1793)
- 12 Variations in E flat major, Hob.XVII: 3 (1770/74)
- 6 Variations in C major, Hob.XVII: 5 (1790)
- 4 variations in G major on “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser”, Hob.XVII: Appendix (1797) Piano version of the set of variations from the string quartet op. 76 No. 3
Capriccios
- Capriccio in G major "Eight Sauschneider must be" , Hob.XVII: 1 (1765)
- Capriccio in C major "Fantasia", Hob.XVII: 4 (1789)
- Further work: Hob.XVII: G2 (doubtful)
Dances
The following dances are originally orchestral works; all of the transcriptions for the piano are by Haydn himself.
- 12 minuets, Hob.IX: 3 (1767)
- 12 minuets, Hob.IX: 8 (1785)
- 12 minuets, Hob.IX: 11 (1792)
- 12 German Dances, Hob.IX: 12 (1792)
- March in E flat major Hob.VIII: 1
- March in C major Hob.VIII: 2
- Contretance in D major Hob.XXXIc: 17b
Pieces for piano four hands
- Sonata in F major Hob.XVIIa: 1 "Il maestro e lo scolare" (1778)
- 1. Andante
- 2. Tempo di Menuetto
- Partita in F major Hob.XVIIa: 2 (misspelling: does not come from Haydn)
Other works
- Adagio in F major, Hob.XVII: 9 (1785). From the collection "Différentes petites pièce faciles et agréables", published by Artaria in Vienna in 1786. For this, Haydn arranged nine movements from symphonies and open and added an original composition as the tenth piece, namely this Adagio. Proof (and first publication of this collection) in: J oseph Haydn. Piano pieces and works for piano four hands , ed. by Sonja Gerlach, Munich: Henle, 2006 ( Joseph Haydn Works , published by the Joseph Haydn Institute Cologne, Series XIX / XX)
Piano concerts (concerts for organ or harpsichord)
Evidence of the dating: Joseph Haydn. Concerts for organ (harpsichord) and orchestra , ed. by Horst Walter and Bettina Wackernagel, Munich: Henle, 1983 ( Joseph Haydn Works , Series XV, Volume 2) and after Volume XV / 1 of the Complete Edition (in preparation)
- Organ Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII: 1 (Haydn's autograph subsequently dated 1756)
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Largo
- 3. Allegro molto
- Organ Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII: 2 (around 1760) Passed on as a harpsichord concerto
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegro
- Concerto in F major, Hob.XVIII: 3 (1766 at the latest)
- 1. Allegretto
- 2. Largo
- 3. Presto
- Concerto in G major, Hob.XVIII: 4 (no later than 1781, probably several years before)
- 1 Allegro moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Rondo Presto
- Organ Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII: 5 (before 1763). Handed down as a harpsichord concerto
- 1. Moderato (or Allegro moderato)
- 2. Andante
- 3. Allegro
- Concerto for solo violin, organ and strings in F major, Hob.XVIII: 6 (1756 or later). Passed down as a concert with violin and harpsichord, but originally intended with an organ
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Largo
- 3. Allegro
- Concerto in F major, Hob.XVIII: 7 (arrangement of a piano trio not by Haydn)
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegro
- Organ Concerto in G major, Hob.XVIII: 8 (before 1766)
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Adagio
- 3rd finale, Allegro
- Concerto in G major, Hob.XVIII: 9 (before 1767)
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Tempo di Menuetto
- Organ Concerto (?) In C major, Hob.XVIII: 10 (before 1771). It is questionable whether it is an organ concert
- 1. (without tempo mark)
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegro
- Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII: 11 (1782 at the latest)
- 1. Vivace
- 2. Un poco Adagio
- 3. Rondo all'Ungarese. Allegro assai
- More concerts
- Partly not authentic, not by Haydn or dubious: Hob.XVIII: Es1 / F1 / F2 / F3 / G1 / G2 .
Editions of works (selection)
- Joseph Haydn, Complete Piano Works in 5 Volumes. Koenemann Music, Budapest.
Web links
- All piano sonatas by Haydn as pdf with midi for free download (arranged according to the above list)
- Complete recording of Haydn's piano sonatas on a sampled Walther pianoforte
- Complete recording of Haydn's piano sonatas on a sampled Steinway D