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Franz Joseph Haydn

Hoboken catalogue

The Hoboken catalogue is a catalogue of the musical compositions by Joseph Haydn compiled by Anthony van Hoboken. It is intended to cover the composer's entire oeuvre and includes over 750 entries.

The catalogue#

The catalogue is a massive work; a currently available version runs to 1936 pages. Each work is given with an identifying incipit, printed on a single musical line. There is discussion of manuscript sources, early editions, listing in previous catalogues (including the two Haydn prepared), and critical commentary.

Organization#

Catalogues of composers’ works typically follow either a chronological arrangement (sorting by date of composition) or a sorting by musical genre. Hoboken’s catalogue is of the latter type; thus the symphonies, for example, are in category I, all string quartets are in category III, keyboard sonatas are in category XVI, and so on.

See also#

  • List of compositions by Joseph Haydn
  • H. C. Robbins Landon
  • List of works by Joseph Haydn
  • French Webpage on Hoboken Catalogue
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Franz Joseph Haydn