Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/50

The Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI/50, L.60, was written c. 1794 ^[1] by Joseph Haydn.

Structure

The work has three movements. ^[2]

1. Allegro
2. Adagio (in F major)
3. Allegro molto

History

The sonata was written for and dedicated to Therese Jansen Bartolozzi c. 1794. ^[3] Jansen Bartolozzi subsequently published the sonata in c. 1800 with the title: "A Grand Sonata for the Piano Forte Composed Expressly for and dedicated to Mrs. Bartolozzi by Haydn ... Op. 79 ... London. Printed for, and to be had of the Proprietor 82 Wells Street and of the Publishers J. and H. Caulfield 36 Picadilly." ^[4]

References

1. Jones 2002, p. 469.
2. Hinson 1990.
3. Landon 1976, p. 440.
4. Landon 1976, p. 442.

Sources

• Hinson, Maurice, ed. (1990). Haydn: The Complete Piano Sonatas. Vol. 3. Van Nuys, California: Alfred Publishing.
• Jones, David Wyn (2002). Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Landon, H.C. Robbins (1976). Haydn: Chronicle and Works. Vol. 3. Haydn in England 1791–1795. London: Thames & Hudson.

External links

• Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/50 : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Performance of Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/50 by George Li from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format