Haydn

by J. Cuthbert Hadden

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Genres: Music

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1902

About the author

James Cuthbert Hadden (1861-1914)

Reviews

[David Dunlap]

This is a book that was originally published in 1902. The author's style is dry, but the content is solid. There are some interesting vignettes about the composer's life of which I had been previously unaware. (For example, a young Haydn was a drummer in a marching band...but he was too small to carry the drum himself, so it was strapped on the back of the musician ahead of him -- a hunchback.) It's difficult to recommend this particular edition, however: it is quite clear that the original book included illustrations and musical examples. The -space- for these things is still there, but the displays are -not-. There are also allusions to other books, but no accompanying documentation: the allusions merely tantalize; they do not provide sufficient clues for the curious to pursue. -- A definite mixed-bag, then. I enjoyed it...but I do not heartily recommend it to others.