Sonata Hob.XVI: 8
The Sonata Hob. XVI: 8 in G major by Joseph Haydn is a four-movement sonata for piano and is considered one of his most famous piano works. He composed this around 1766.
structure
All movements are in the tonic G major. The first movement is conceived as a monothematic sonata form in 2/4 time and contains 44 bars. In the exposition (16 bars long) Haydn modulates from the tonic to the dominant in D major. In the development (10 bars), Haydn remains in close keys before he comes to the recapitulation. It looks very lively; Various note durations appear such as sixteenth, eighth, quarter and half notes as well as triplets.
The minuet consists of 16 bars and follows the scheme A-A '. First the composer modulates in D major. The last four bars end with modulations as in A, only in the tonic G major.
The andante is in the third movement and is in 4/4 time. The motif is two-bar and upbeat; it partly consists of step movements and small runs.
The fourth movement in the Allegro (3/8 time) consists of 24 bars and shows the ABA scheme. The first six bars have a split triad theme, followed by a small downward p16-th run. In bars 9 to 15 the theme is processed in 16th notes, after which the first section follows again.
literature
- Beghin, Tom. Thoughts on performing Haydn's keyboard sonatas. In The Cambridge Companion to Haydn , edited by Caryl Clark, 214. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Maxwell, Carolyn. Sonatas. In Haydn, Solo Piano Literature: A Comprehensive Guide, Annotated and Evaluated with Thematics , edited by Carolyn Maxwell, Charles Shadle and Christine Armstrong, 26. Boulder, Colorado: Maxwell Music Evaluation, 1983.
- Price, Jane Bostian. Authenticity, Chronology, Source Studies. In Haydn studies , edited by Jens Peter Larsen, Howard Serwer and James Webster, 135. NY: Norton, 1981.