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. Its full title in the original German is ''Joseph Haydn, Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis'' ("Joseph Haydn, thematic-bibliographic catalogue of works"). The Haydn catalogue that now bears Hoboken's name was begun in card format in 1934; work continued until the publication of the third and final book volume in 1978.
Works by Haydn are often indicated using their Hoboken catalogue number, typically in the format "
Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1".
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.
[Examples of the chronological type are ]Köchel catalogue
The Köchel catalogue (german: Köchel-Verzeichnis, links=no) is a chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, originally created by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, in which the entries are abbreviated ''K.'', or ''KV''. The n ...
of Mozart's works, or Deutsch catalogue
''Schubert: Thematic Catalogue of all his Works in Chronological Order'', also known as the Deutsch catalogue, is a numbered list of all compositions by Franz Schubert compiled by Otto Erich Deutsch. Since its first publication in 1951, Deutsc ...
of Schubert
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's works. Another examples of the genre-arranged type are Schmieder's catalogue (BWV
The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2 ...
) of Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...
's works, or Baselt's catalogue ( HWV) of Handel's works. Hoboken's catalogue is of the latter type; thus the
symphonies, for example, are in category I, all
string quartets are in category III,
piano sonata
A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement ( Scarlatti, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Berg), others with ...
s are in category XVI, and so on.
See also
*List of compositions by Joseph Haydn
*H. C. Robbins Landon
Notes
External links
List of works by Joseph Haydn
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Compositions by Joseph Haydn, **
Classical music catalogues