Franz Joseph Haydn : String Duos

Complete Piano Sonatas Volume II-Franz Joseph Haydn was a prominent and prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the Piano trio and his contributions to musical form haveearned him the epithets 'Father of the Symphony' and 'Father of the String Quartet'. At the time of his death aged 77 he was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe.Franz Joseph Haydn: Complete PianoSonatas Volume II includes 18 sonatas for solo Piano. This Urtext Edition is an authoritative edition with accurate editorial content and as close to the composer's intentions as possible.

Perhaps Franz Joseph Haydn's most important achievement was that he developed and evolved in countless subtle ways the most influential structural principle in the history of Western art music: his perfection of the set ofexpectations known as Sonata Form made an epochal impact on the music of its time and for long afterwards. In hundreds of instrumental sonatas string quartets and symphonies Haydn both broke new ground and provided durablemodels of these structural principles. This volume contains the Piano Sonatas nos. 31-52.