List of solo piano compositions by Joseph Haydn

This is a list of solo piano pieces by Joseph Haydn.

Piano sonatas

Two numbering schemes for the sonatas are commonly used. Here, the pieces are sorted using the numbering method proposed by ,Landon, H. C. Robbins. In: Haydn (Oxford Composer Companions), Ed Wyn Jones, D. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002, pp. 203 & 468. while the "Hob. XVI" specification refers to its index in the Hoboken catalogue.

LandonHob. XVIKeyDateNotes18G majorUncertain27C major1766Uncertain39F major1758Uncertain4G1G major Doubtful511G major1767 Uncertain; contains movements apparently derived from other works610C major1767Uncertain7XVII/D1D major Doubtful85A major1750–55Uncertain94D major1765101C major1750–55112B major17601212A major1767Uncertain136G major1766143C major17651513E major1767Uncertain1614D major1767Uncertain17Es2 E major1750–1766??Doubtful18Es3 E major1750–1766??Doubtful; possibly composed by Mariano Romano Kayser1947E minor1765–67Different version of L. 57; does not contain Moderato movement of L. 57; only the minuet is exclusive to L. 19.2018B major1771–73212aD minor Lost222bA major Lost232cB major Lost242dB major Lost252eE minor Lost262gC major Lost272hA major Lost 15C major Uncertain; arrangement of the Divertimento in C, Hob. II/11 16E major Uncertain 17B major Spurious; by Johann Gottfried Schwanenberger28XIV/5D major Incompletely preserved2945E major17663019D major17673146A major1767–70The second movement is in D flat Major, which is very rare in Classical-era compositions. Haydn only wrote this key.3244G minor1771–733320C minor1771 The first of Haydn’s keyboard works to be conceived with the dynamic contrasts only possible with a touch sensitive keyboard e.g. clavichord or fortepiano rather than harpsichord. Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger 3433D major1773Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall3543A majorc.1773Published 1783 in London3621C major1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 133722E major1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 133823F major1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 133924D major1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 134025E major1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 134126A major1773 For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 134227G major1774–764328E major1774–764429F major17744530A major1774–764631E major1774–764732B minor1774–76This is the only sonata whose second movement is in B Major.4835C major1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger 4936C minor1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger Only piano composition that is written in this key. The minuet also contains C# Major section, which is exceptionally rare in Classical-era compositions. 5037D major1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger 5138E major1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger 5239G major1780 Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger 5334E minorc.1778 or 1783Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall5440G major1784 Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler5541B major1784Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler. This is the only sonatas whose second section of the 2nd movement is in B flat minor, which is extremely rare in classical era compositions.5642D major1784Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler5747F major1788Different version of L. 19. The minuet is not included in L. 57. Authorship of the Moderato is uncertain.5848C major1789Published 1789 in Leipzig by Breifkopf5949E major1789-906050C major1794Composed in London 6151D major1794Composed in London 6252E major1794 Composed in London. This is the only sonata whose second movement is a remote key instead of a typical B flat or A flat Major.

Piano pieces These works are in Category XVII of the Hoboken catalogue.

Capriccio in G major on "Acht Sauschneider müssen sein", Hob. XVII/1 Twenty Variations in G major, Hob. XVII/2 Arietta con 12 Variazioni, Hob. XVII/3 Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major, Hob. XVII/4 (1789) Variations (6) in C major, Hob. XVII/5 (1790) Variations in F minor, Un piccolo divertimento, Hob. XVII/6 (1793) Variations (5) in D major, Hob. XVII/7 Variations (8) in D major, Hob. XVII/8 (uncertain) Adagio in F major, Hob. XVII/9 Allegretto in G major, Hob. XVII/10 (uncertain; arrangement of the Allegretto in G, Hob. XIX/27) Andante in C major, Hob. XVII/11 (uncertain) Andante con variazioni (4) in B major, Hob. XVII/12 (uncertain)

See also List of concertos by Joseph Haydn List of masses by Joseph Haydn List of operas by Joseph Haydn List of piano trios by Joseph Haydn List of string quartets by Joseph Haydn List of symphonies by Joseph Haydn Hoboken catalogue

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External links

Complete recording of Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonatas on a sampled Walter fortepiano and on a sampled Steinway D