Variations F Minor (Sonata) Hob. xvii: 6
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Hardcover Facsimile. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by With an introduction by Armin Raab. Facsimile. Hardcover. Henle Complete Edition. Four-colour facsimile of the autograph in the possession of the music department of the New York Public Library, Christian A. Herter Collection, JOE 72-13. 31 x 23 cm, horizontal format. Classical. Facsimile (hardcover). 28 pages. G. Henle #HN3218. Published by G. Henle (HL.51483218).ISBN 9790201832180. UPC: 884088403201. 10.5x13 inches. Introduction Armin Raab.
It was by a roundabout route that the autograph score of Haydn's most important piano work ended up in the New York Library. Its four leaves contain a fair copy of the work; two leaves with a sketch-like character follow. Haydn composed the work, at the time still entitled “Sonate,” for “Signora de Ployer” (probably the pianist Barbara Ployer associated with Mozart). The variation movement was apparently intended as the beginning of a sonata with several movements. As can be seen from the second part of the autograph score, Haydn later extended the movement and ended it with an expansive Capriccio Coda. The first print already bears the title “Variations”. The moving masterpiece has been played all over the world under the title “Variations in F minor” ever since.