{"product_id":"9780521541077","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Haydn","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Clark, Caryl (University of Toronto) \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/11\/2005,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 340 pages, 38 Printed music items; 5 Tables, unspecified; 1 Maps; 2 Halftones, unspecified,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780521541077,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Companion provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn. Readers will gain an understanding of the changing social, cultural, and political spheres in which Haydn studied, worked, and nurtured his creative talent. Distinguished contributors provide chapters on Haydn and his contemporaries, his working environments in Eisenstadt and Eszterhaza, and humor and exoticism in Haydn's oeuvre. Chapters on the reception of his music explore keyboard performance practices, Haydn's posthumous reputation, sound recordings and images of his symphonies. The book also surveys the major genres in which Haydn wrote, including symphonies, string quartets, keyboard sonatas and trios, sacred music, miscellaneous vocal genres, and operas composed for Eszterhaza and London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697793892396,"sku":"9780521541077","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780521541077.jpg?v=1722603379","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780521541077","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}