The Virtual Haydn: Paradox of a Twenty-First-Century Keyboardist

372 Pages·2015·3.023 MB·English

by  Tom Beghin

The Virtual Haydn

T H E V I R T UA L
Haydn
Paradox of a Twenty-First-Century
Keyboardist
TOM BEGHIN
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago and London
Tom Beghin is associate professor at McGill University in Montreal and an internationally
active performer on historical keyboards. He is coeditor of Haydn and the Performance of
Rhetoric, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Th e University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
Th e University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
© 2015 by Th e University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 2015.
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-15677-4 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-19535-3 (e-book)
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226195353.001.0001
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Beghin, Tom, 1967– author.
Th e virtual Haydn : paradox of a twenty-fi rst-century keyboardist / Tom Beghin.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-226-15677-4 (cloth : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-0-226-19535-3 (e-book)
1. Haydn, Joseph, 1732–1809. Keyboard music. 2. Performance practice (Music)—
History—18th century. 3. Keyboard instrument music—Analysis, appreciation.
4. Keyboard instruments—Performance. I. Title.
ML410.H4B34 2015
786.092—dc23
2014017216
Th is paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).
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Robert J. Litz (1950–2012)
friend and
partner in crime

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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
The Virtual Haydn: A Recording Project xiii
Companion Website xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Abbreviations, Scores, and Translations xxi
Prologue xxiii
1 A Composer, His Dedicatee, Her Instrument, and I 1
2 Delivery, Delivery, Delivery! 43
3 Short Octaves müssen sein! 77
4 “Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant” 127
5 An Opus for the Insightful World 169
6 A Contract with Posterity 219
Epilogue 255
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Appendix A: Physiognomic Analyses of Plate 5 à la Lavater 257
Appendix B: Biographical Outlines of Theresa Jansen and Magdalena
von Kurzböck 261
Notes 273
Works Cited 305
Index of Names 321
Index of Musical Works 327
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
Fig. 1.1 Sonata in E 𝅗𝅥 Major, Hob. XVI:52 (London: Longman, Clementi, 1799),
title page 8
Fig. 1.2 Sonata in E 𝅗𝅥 Major, Hob. XVI:52 (Vienna: Artaria, 1798),
title page 9
Fig. 1.3 Replica of a 1788 Ignaz Kober Tafelklavier by Chris Maene (Ruiselede,
Belgium, 2007) 37
Fig. 1.4 Stoss action (below) and prell action (above), interchangeable in the
same replica of a ca. 1782 Anton Walter grand fortepiano by Chris
Maene (Ruiselede, Belgium, 2005) 38
Fig. 2.1 Sonata in E 𝅗𝅥 major, Hob. XVI:49, autograph, fi rst page turn, facsimile by
Schott/Universal Edition (Vienna, 1964) 57
Fig. 2.2 An actor in doubt. Engraving from Engel (1785–86), vol. 1, between
pp. 88 and 89 58
Fig. 3.1 Title page of Capriccio in G Major, Hob. XVII:1, autograph. From a
copy in the Gisella Selden-Goth Collection: Music Division, Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C. 80
Fig. 3.2 Capriccio in G Major, Hob. XVII:1, mm. 247–275, Henle score (ed.
Sonja Gerlach), with author’s annotations 91
Fig. 3.3 Castration of a sow in Burgenland 96
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