Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style
Through-composition and Cyclic Integration in His Instrumental Music

This volume offers a new view of Joseph Haydn's instrumental music.

In a book which relates systematically the results of analysis and interpretation, Professor Webster challenges the concept of 'classical style' which, he argues has distorted our understanding of Haydn's development, and he stresses the need for a greater appreciation of Haydn's early music and of his stature as Beethoven's equal.

Foreword Ian Bent
Preface
Author's note
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. The Farewell Symphony: 1. The construction of the whole
2. Instability
3. Resolution
4. The program
Part II. Cyclic Organization in Haydn's Instrumental Music: 5. Progressive form and the rhetoric of instability
6. Integration of the cycle
7. Extramusical associations
8. Individual compositions
Historiographical conclusion
Bibliography
Index.