David Wyn Jones is Professor of Music at Cardiff University. He has written extensively on music of the Viennese Classical period. He is advisor to Richard Hickox and CM90 on the complete recording of the Haydn masses, and gives pre-concert talks and lectures at the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms. He writes CD notes for all major record companies, and programme notes for the Proms, BBC, and other leading concert organizations.

Everything you could ever want to know about the composer's lifetime and legacy.

• PREFACE ; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ; THEMATIC OVERVIEW ; MAP OF MAINLAN EUROPE ; HAYDN FAMILY TREE ; ESTERHAZY FAMILY TREE ; ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTE TO THE READER ; OXFORD COMPOSER COMPANIONS: J HAYDN ; LIST OF HAYDN'S WORKS ; TEXT INCIPITS

David Wyn Jones is Professor of Music at Cardiff University. He has written extensively on music of the Viennese Classical period. He is advisor to Richard Hickox and CM90 on the complete recording of the Haydn masses, and gives pre-concert talks and lectures at the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms. He writes CD notes for all major record companies, and programme notes for the Proms, BBC, and other leading concert organizations.

Everything you could ever want to know about the composer's lifetime and legacy.

• PREFACE ; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ; THEMATIC OVERVIEW ; MAP OF MAINLAN EUROPE ; HAYDN FAMILY TREE ; ESTERHAZY FAMILY TREE ; ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTE TO THE READER ; OXFORD COMPOSER COMPANIONS: J HAYDN ; LIST OF HAYDN'S WORKS ; TEXT INCIPITS

David Wyn Jones is Professor of Music at Cardiff University. He has written extensively on music of the Viennese Classical period. He is advisor to Richard Hickox and CM90 on the complete recording of the Haydn masses, and gives pre-concert talks and lectures at the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms. He writes CD notes for all major record companies, and programme notes for the Proms, BBC, and other leading concert organizations.

Everything you could ever want to know about the composer's lifetime and legacy.

• PREFACE ; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ; THEMATIC OVERVIEW ; MAP OF MAINLAN EUROPE ; HAYDN FAMILY TREE ; ESTERHAZY FAMILY TREE ; ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTE TO THE READER ; OXFORD COMPOSER COMPANIONS: J HAYDN ; LIST OF HAYDN'S WORKS ; TEXT INCIPITS