The Piano Sonata in D major, Hob. XIV/5, L.28, also called a divertimento,[1] is a (formerly lost) sonata written c.1765–1771[2] by Joseph Haydn. However, Anthony van Hoboken's catalogue states the composition date as "before 1766".[1] It may have been written for 2 violins and cello.[1]
History
Fragments of the sonata were discovered in a private collection and were subsequently sold at auction in 1961.[3] The fragments are now in the possession of the Preussiche Staatsbibliothek.[3] Later that year Charles Spinks gave the first contemporary performance of part of this sonata as part of a broadcast on Haydn piano sonatas for the BBC.[3] The text of this broadcast can be found in H. C. Robbins Landon’s, Essays on Eighteenth-Century Music (1969).[3]
The sonata was reconstructed by Christa Landon (H.C. Robbins Landon's first wife) and Karl Heinz Füssl. It was subsequently published in a Wiener Urtext edition (UT 50027)[4] under Hob. XVI/5a Add.
^Landon, H.C. Robbins (1980). Haydn: Chronicle and Works, Vol 1. The Early Years 1732–1765. 225: Thames and Hudson.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ abcdLandon, H.C. Robbins (1978). Haydn: Chronicle and Works, Vol 2. Haydn at Esterhaza 1766–1790. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 336.
