List of solo piano compositions by Joseph Haydn

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

Joseph Haydn

Piano sonatas

Two numbering schemes for the sonatas are commonly used. Here, the pieces are sorted using the numbering method proposed by H. C. Robbins Landon,[1] while the "Hob. XVI" specification refers to its index in the Hoboken catalogue.

Landon	Hob. XVI	Key	Date	Audio	Notes
1	8	G major
2	7	C major	1766
3	9	F major	1758
4	G1	G major
5	11	G major	1767
6	10	C major	1767
7	XVII/D1	D major
8	5	A major	1750–55		Doubtful
9	4	D major	1765
10	1	C major	1750–55		Doubtful
11	2	B♭ major	1760
12	12	A major	1767
13	6	G major	1766
14	3	C major	1765
15	13	E major	1767
16	14	D major	1767
17	Es2	E♭ major	1750–1766??		Doubtful
18	Es3	E♭ major	1750–1766??		Doubtful; possibly composed by Mariano Romano Kayser
19	47	E minor	1765–67		Different version of L. 57
20	18	B♭ major	1771–73
21	2a	D minor			Lost
22	2b	A major			Lost
23	2c	B major			Lost
24	2d	B♭ major			Lost
25	2e	E minor			Lost
26	2g	C major			Lost
27	2h	A major			Lost
	15	C major			Doubtful; arrangement of the Divertimento in C, Hob. II/11
	16	E♭ major			Doubtful
	17	B♭ major			Spurious; by Johann Gottfried Schwanenberger
28	XIV/5	D major			Incompletely preserved
29	45	E♭ major	1766
30	19	D major	1767
31	46	A♭ major	1767–70
32	44	G minor	1771–73
33	20	C minor	1771		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
34	33	D major	1773		Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall
35	43	A♭ major	c.1773		Authenticity doubted by some authorities. Published 1783 in London
36	21	C major	1773		For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
37	22	E major	1773		For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
38	23	F major	1773	First movement: (3:42) Second movement (4:00): Third movement (2:44):	For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
39	24	D major	1773		For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
40	25	E♭ major	1773		For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
41	26	A major	1773		For Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. Published 1774 in Vienna by Kurzböck as part of 6 sonatas Op. 13
42	27	G major	1774–76
43	28	E♭ major	1774–76
44	29	F major	1774
45	30	A major	1774–76
46	31	E major	1774–76
47	32	B minor	1774–76
48	35	C major	1780		Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
49	36	C♯ minor	1770–75		Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
50	37	D major	1780		Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
51	38	E♭ major	1780		Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
52	39	G major	1780		Published 1780 in Vienna by Artaria as one of a set of 6 sonatas dedicated to Katherina & Marianna Auenbrugger
53	34	E minor	c.1778 or 1783		Published 1783 in London in unauthorized edition by Beardmore & Birchall
54	40	G major	1784	First movement (6:36): Second movement (3:01):	Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
55	41	B♭ major	1784		Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
56	42	D major	1784		Published 1784 in Vienna by Bossler
57	47	F major	1788		Different version of L. 19.
58	48	C major	1789		Published 1789 in Leipzig by Breifkopf
59	49	E♭ major	1789-90
60	50	C major	1794		composed London
61	51	D major	1794		composed London
62	52	E♭ major	1794		composed London

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
• Adagio in F major, Hob. XVII/9
• Allegretto in G major, Hob. XVII/10
• Andante in C major, Hob. XVII/11 (doubtful)
• Andante con variazioni (4) in B♭ major, Hob. XVII/12

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

Notes

1. Landon, H. C. Robbins. In: Haydn (Oxford Composer Companions), Ed Wyn Jones, D. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002, pp. 203 & 468.

External links

• Sheet music for the piano sonatas: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Music for piano, keyboard and organ". Archived from the original on December 31, 2009.
• Complete recording of Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonatas on a sampled Walter fortepiano
• Complete recording of Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonatas on a sampled Steinway D