Variations in F minor (Sonata) Hob. XVII:6
SKU: HN912
Description
- Composer: Joseph Haydn
- Editor: Sonja Gerlach
- Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Haydn's last piano work is also considered to be his most famous single work for this instrument. The minor theme is filled with emotional depth: "a melancholy andante in F minor, with variations, as only a genius can do them, that almost sounds like a free fantasia" (thus described in a review of the time). The form is also demanding: not merely one theme but two - one in a major key, the other in a minor one - are varied in turn. The autograph gives one to believe that the work was originally intended to be the first movement of a sonata. This single edition has been taken from the recently revised volume of "Piano pieces" (HN 224) and furnished with a detailed commentary. Henle also recently published a facsimile of Haydn's autograph of the Variations in F minor: HN 3218.
Specifications
- SKU (Item #): HN912
- Instrument: Piano
- Type: Solo Repertoire
- Genre: Classical Classical
- Format: Piano Solo
- Medium: Softcover
- Page Number: 18(07)
- ISBN: 9790201809120
- Dimensions: W=235, L=310, H=2
- Weight: 0.10