HAYDN, Joseph 1732-1809

CLEMENTI, Muzio 1752-1832

Haydn's Celebrated Grand Military Symphony Composed for and performed at Mr. Salomon's and the Opera Concerts, Newly Adapted for the Piano Forte With an Accompaniment for a Flute, Violin, & Violoncello, ad libitum by Muzio Clementi. No. 12 ... Pr. 6s. [Hoboken I:100, arr.]. [Piano part only]

London: Printed by Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis & Collard, 26, Cheapside, ca. 1813.

Folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank) 2-19 pp. Engraved. Watermark 1813.

"With M. Clementi's Comp[limen]ts to Miss Hime" in contemporary manuscript to head of title in an unknown hand.

Slightly worn; occasional scattered foxing and minor creasing.

Tyson p. 130. OCLC 1314089583 (2 copies only in the U.S., at Princeton and Duke).

An adaptation of that of Salomon (flute, string quartet, and piano ad lib., Hoboken I, p. 208: S.Coll.Sy.15a), but for reduced forces of piano, accompanied by flute, violin, and cello ad lib.

"The last six symphonies are even more brilliant (clarinets are added, except in no. 102); Haydn’s determination to conquer new territory with each work is palpable. No. 99 in E♭ is his most elaborate symphonic essay in remote tonal relations; it also features a particularly warm slow movement (in G major), with extensive wind writing (much commented on at the time). No. 101 (‘Clock’) has by far the longest minuet and trio Haydn ever composed and a particularly brilliant rondo finale. No. 100 (‘Military’) rapidly became his most popular, owing to the slow movement based on a romance (from the lyre concerto hVIIh:3), overlaid by massive percussion outbursts that audiences found deliciously terrifying." Georg Feder and James Webster in Grove Music Online.

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