Haydn bookfest
The Financial Times review books on Haydn. Who knew? The 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death gets a gaggle of books. I’m not a Haydn fan. (The only concert in which I ever fell asleep was during a Haydn Symphony. Does it really matter which one?) But this little tidbit is interesting:
Without those “London” symphonies and the late, quasi-orchestral string quartets, not to mention the two great pantheistic oratorios on English texts, Haydn’s reputation would be that of a minor composer.
Vindication? Quasi-vindication?
