XXXIII airs et chansons avec accompagnementdu pianoforte / Gesaenge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte - Haydn, Joseph 1732-1809 (Leipzig Breitkopf & Härtel, 1803)
Beautiful title-page
The volume opens with a table of contents given the name and first line of each song in all languages used for each entry. Though the cover of this volume is in French, the title page gives the same information in German. This latter language also receives pride of place in the text underlay: Most songs are solely in German but, when lyrics are given in two languages, German is immediately below the musical staves with either Italian or French in italics below the German. Songs use one to three voices with the voice part sometimes integrated into the top staff of the piano part with text underlay indicating when to sing. Several songs are set for three-part Männerchor or four-part chorus with piano accompaniment. In strophic settings, only the first stanza of poetry appears in the score; the rest are included as addenda at the end of the piece.
Ex libris Randi Tegl...[?] (manuscript)
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); 18th Century (1701-1800); Song; Choral music; Keyboard music