The b-minor Sonata is part of a group of six piano sonatas which, according to Haydn’s own handwritten catalogue of works, was composed in 1776. The autograph has not survived, and the first edition of 1778 was not authorised. However, numerous copyist’s manuscripts have survived in which Haydn had his six sonatas disseminated. The separate Urtext edition from the volumes containing Haydn’s complete piano sonatas presents this transmission, which is quite typical for the composer, in a way that ...

• Klaviersonate h-moll Hob. XVI:32