The land of opportunity : Joseph Haydn and Britain / edited by Richard Chesser and David Wyn Jones.

On more than one occasion the great composer Joseph Haydn remarked that he became well known in his own country only after he had made two visits to London in the 1790s. Although he was connected with the Esterházy court for over 40 years and his music was performed in many of Europe's major ci...

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