Volume 26, Number 10 · June 14, 1979
Rediscovering Haydn
By Charles Rosen
Haydn: Chronicle and Works, Vol. 2: Haydn at Eszterháza, 1766-1790
by H. C. Robbins Landon
Indiana University Press, 800 pp., $57.50
Haydn: Chronicle and Works, Vol. 3: Haydn in England, 1791-1795
by H. C. Robbins Landon
Indiana University Press, 640 pp., $45.00
Haydn: Chronicle and Works, Vol. 4: Haydn: The Years of "The Creation," 1796-1800
by H. C. Robbins Landon
Indiana University Press, 640 pp., $45.00
Haydn: Chronicle and Works, Vol. 5: Haydn: The Late Years, 1801-1809
by H. C. Robbins Landon
Indiana University Press, 486 pp., $45.00
The history of music proceeds by revaluation: the standard procedure is to discover greatness in the obscure, merit in the despised. Dethronings are more rare: generally the discredited monarchs topple without having to be pushed; past glories melt like the snows of yesteryear.
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