The Hoboken catalogue is a catalogue of the musical compositions by Joseph Haydn compiled by Anthony van Hoboken. It is intended to cover the composer's entire oeuvre and includes over 750 entries. Its full title in the original German is Joseph Haydn, Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis ("Joseph Haydn, thematic-bibliographic catalogue of works"). The Haydn catalogue that now bears Hoboken's name was begun in card format in 1934; work continued until the publication of the third and final book volume in 1978.
Works by Haydn are often indicated using their Hoboken catalogue number, typically in the format "Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1".
The catalogue The catalogue is a massive work; a currently available version runs to 1936 pages.Available in pdf format from . Each work is given with an identifying incipit, printed on a single musical line. There is discussion of manuscript sources, early editions, listing in previous catalogues (including the two Haydn prepared), and critical commentary.
Organization
Catalogues of composers' works typically follow either a chronological arrangement (sorting by date of composition) or a sorting by musical genre.Examples of the chronological type are Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works, or Deutsch catalogue of Schubert's works. Another examples of the genre-arranged type are Schmieder's catalogue (BWV) of Bach's works, or Baselt's catalogue (HWV) of Handel's works. Hoboken's catalogue is of the latter type; thus the symphonies, for example, are in category I, all string quartets are in category III, keyboard sonatas are in category XVI, and so on.
Hob. CategoryI Symphonies (1–108)Ia Overtures (1–17)II Divertimenti in 4 and more Parts (1–47)III String Quartets (1–83)IV Divertimenti in 3 Parts (1–11)V String Trios (1–21)VI Various Duos (1–6)VII Concertos for Various InstrumentsVIII Marches (1–7)IX Dances (1–31)X Various Works for Baryton (1–12)XI Trios for Baryton, Violin (or Viola) and Cello (1–126)XII Duos with Baryton (1–24)XIII Concertos for Baryton (1–3)XIV Divertimenti with Keyboard (1–13)XV Trios for Keyboard, Violin (or Flute) and Cello (1–41)XVa Keyboard Duos (1–3)XVI Piano Sonatas (1–52)XVII Keyboard Pieces (1–12)XVIIa Keyboard 4 Hands (1–2)XVIII Keyboard Concertos (1–11)XIX Pieces for musical clock (Flötenuhr) (1–32)XX Versions of The Seven Last Words of Christ (1–4)XXa Stabat MaterXXI Oratorios (1, 2, 3)XXII Masses (1–14)XXIIa RequiemXXIIb Libera meXXIII Other Sacred WorksXXIV Cantatas (1–11) and Arias (1–23) with OrchestraXXV Songs with 2 (1–2), 3 (1–5), and 4 (1–9) PartsXXVI Lieder with Piano (1–48) and Cantatas with Instruments (1–4)XXVII Canons (Sacred 1–10; Secular 1–47)XXVIII Operas (1–13)XXIX Marionette Operas (1–5) and Singspiele (1–3)XXX Incidental Music (1–5)XXXI Arrangements of Scottish (1–273) and Welsh (1–61) and other (1–17) FolksongsXXXII Pasticcios (1–4)
See also List of compositions by Joseph Haydn H. C. Robbins Landon
Notes
External links List of works by Joseph Haydn French Webpage on Hoboken Catalogue