Haydn's last Piano work is also considered to be his most famous single work for this instrument. The minor theme is filled with emotional depth: a melancholy andante in f minor, with variations, as only a genius can do them, that almost sounds like a free fantasia (thus described in a review of the time). The form is also demanding: not merely one theme but two - one in a major key, the other in a minor one - are varied in turn. The autograph gives one to believe that the work was originally intended to be the first movement of a sonata. This single edition has been taken from the recently revised volume of Piano Pieces (HN 224) and furnished with a detailed commentary. Henle also recently published a facsimile of Haydn's autograph of the Variations in F minor: HN 3218.
| Arrangement | Piano |
| Genres | Classical |
| Format | Instrumental Work |
| Level | 4 |
| NumberOfPages | 21 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Series | Henle Urtext Editions |
| Publisher | Henle Verlag |
| Contributors | Gerlach, Sonja (Editor) Haydn, Joseph (Composer) |
| Language | English, French, German |
| ISMN | M201809120 |