Article Title
Haydn and The Creation in Buda, March 1800
Abstract
The performance of The Creation in the Royal Castle of Buda on 8 March 1800 under Haydn’s direction has been discussed previously in the Haydn literature. The aim of this article is to complete the picture with a couple of interesting details, including a contemporary drawing of the venue of the event, portraits of the Palatine Joseph and his teenage wife, the resultant effects of the production in Hungary, the connections of this visit with another meeting of the imperial couple and Haydn at Eszterháza a few months later, the correction of a widespread mistake in Haydn’s biography (with the help of a handful of Hungarian Hussars) and a hitherto unknown Latin epigram glorifying Haydn.
© Haydn Society of North America ; Boston: Berklee Library, 2013. Duplication without the express permission of the author and/or the Haydn Society of North America is prohibited.
