List of solo piano compositions by Joseph Haydn
This is a list of solo piano pieces by 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, 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: Second movement : Third movement : | 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 : Second movement : | 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 in C major, Hob. XVII/4
- Variations in C major, Hob. XVII/5
- Variations in F minor, Un piccolo divertimento, Hob. XVII/6
- Variations in D major, Hob. XVII/7
- Variations 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
- Andante con variazioni in B major, Hob. XVII/12