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Announcing the HSNA Conference Fund: Support Our International Conferences!

As part of our lead-up to the 300th anniversary of Joseph Haydn’s birth in 2032, the Haydn Society of North America (HSNA) is excited to announce plans to co-host an international conference every three years, with upcoming events in 2026 and 2029. Details for these conferences will be shared soon!

To support these initiatives, we have established the HSNA Conference Fund. Starting this year, $10 from each annual membership will go directly toward this fund. In addition, we are inviting members to make additional donations to help ensure the success of our conferences.

Exciting News: An anonymous donor has generously pledged to match member donations up to $15,000 between now and 2032! This matching opportunity will help us:

• Underwrite conference expenses

• Provide travel and lodging stipends for HSNA members presenting at our international conferences

• Strengthen our ability to secure external funding from foundations and grant organizations

Your contributions will play a vital role in making these conferences a success and in showcasing the vibrant community dedicated to Haydn’s legacy.

For more information on the HSNA Conference Fund, including donation levels and how to contribute, please visit our donation page.

Thank you for your continued support!

New Perspectives on Performance Article in HAYDN: Online Journal

We are thrilled to announce the publication of a new Perspectives on Performance article in HAYDN: Online Journal:

Dorian Bandy and Caryl Clark
“Reassessing Haydn’s Orfeo in the Theatre”
Read the full article here

This insightful article explores the 2023 North American staged premiere of L’anima del filosofo (Orfeo ed Euridice)—Haydn’s final opera and a highly unusual retelling of the Orpheus myth. Written for London in 1791 but banned before it could be performed, Orfeo was long overshadowed by political anxieties surrounding the French Revolution and suffered a complicated performance history.

Bandy and Clark, who were instrumental in bringing this work to the Toronto stage, delve into Haydn’s mature musical and theatrical artistry. They examine how the opera’s late-eighteenth-century musical rhetoric, combined with its themes of failed liberation, warmongering, and environmental degradation, speak powerfully to modern audiences.

This expanded version of Prof. Clark’s presentation at the AMS Annual Meeting in Chicago includes vivid imagery and links to performance videos from the 2023 production.

Discover how this tender, timely, and utterly terrifying masterpiece offers new insights into Haydn’s genius.

New Publication: The Catholic Beethoven by Nicholas Chong – Exclusive Discount for HSNA Members!

The Haydn Society of North America is pleased to announce the publication of The Catholic Beethoven by Nicholas Chong (Rutgers University), now available from Oxford University Press. This groundbreaking study explores Beethoven’s relationship with Catholicism, shedding new light on his religious beliefs and compositions.

As part of our ongoing effort to provide valuable benefits to our members, HSNA has secured an exclusive 30% discount on this important new book. Members will receive access to the discount code, which applies to purchases made directly through the Oxford University Press website.

Not yet a member? Join HSNA today to take advantage of this and other member benefits!

➡️ Learn more about The Catholic Beethoven: Oxford University Press – The Catholic Beethoven
➡️ Become a member of HSNA: https://www.haydnsocietyna.org/membership

Stay tuned for more exciting publications and member benefits!

Announcing Volume 15 (2025) of HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Volume 15 (2025) of HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America. The first article of this volume is now available to read:

Keri Hui, “Sentimental Aesthetics in D-flat Major: Adagio of Haydn’s Hob. XVI:46”
Read the article

Abstract
Although the concept of key characteristics was widely affirmed in the eighteenth century, the key of D-flat major was rarely adopted by composers. The so-called Romantic period, however, saw a remarkable increase in the use of this key, as demonstrated in the many well-known pieces written by composers such as Chopin. The article first reviews the different receptions of D-flat major in the eighteenth century and explores how the clavichord might have allowed Haydn to hear D-flat major as a key of sentimentality, one that echoes Christian Daniel Friedrich Schubart’s interpretation. It then examines ways in which Haydn presents the aesthetic experience of self-forgetfulness and self-reflexivity, both manifestations of sensibility, in the Adagio movement of keyboard sonata Hob. XVI: 46, using D-flat major. This analysis suggests Haydn’s D-flat major in Adagio could be heard as a prefiguration to the D-flat major sounded in the subsequent century, particularly in piano works, while resonating with numerous interpretations of D-flat major prevalent in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Coming Soon
We’re pleased to share that another article in this volume will be published in early February. As part of our efforts to adopt a consistent rolling publication schedule, HAYDN will continue to release new research throughout the year.

Call for Submissions
Are you conducting research on Haydn, his contemporaries, or the broader cultural and historical context of his work? We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stages on a rolling basis. For submission guidelines and details, please visit: https://remix.berklee.edu/haydn-journal/

We are excited to bring you this new scholarship and look forward to your engagement with Volume 15 of HAYDN!

Upcoming Events from Encounters with Eighteenth-Century Music: A Virtual Forum

We are thrilled to announce the opening of the 2025 Winter-Spring season of Encounters with Eighteenth-Century Music: A Virtual Forum! Join us for a series of engaging discussions and presentations featuring leading scholars in the field.

Opening Event:

Mozart the Performer: A Conversation with Dorian Bandy and Dean Sutcliffe

• Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

• Time: 5:00–6:30 PM EST

• Description: Dorian Bandy (McGill University) and Dean Sutcliffe (University of Auckland) will explore ideas from Bandy’s recent book, Mozart the Performer: Variations on the Showman’s Art.

• Registration: Free, but required. Register here.

Upcoming Presentations:

• Analyzing Opera Seria

  • Presenters: Matthew Boyle, Nathaniel Mitchell, and Paul Sherrill

  • Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

  • Time: 4:00–5:30 PM EST

• Handel’s Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought at 30

  • Presenters: Ruth Smith, David Armitage, Ellen Harris, Robert Ketterer

  • Date: Friday, April 25, 2025

  • Time: 3:00–4:30 PM EDT

Mark your calendars and don’t miss these exciting opportunities to engage with cutting-edge scholarship in eighteenth-century music. We look forward to seeing you there!

Conference Report: “Reassessing Haydn’s Sacred Music, 12–14 June 2023, Eisenstadt, Austria”

Robert Wrigley’s Conference Report: Reassessing Haydn’s Sacred Music, 12–14 June 2023, Eisenstadt, Austria is now available on HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America. It can be accessed here: https://remix.berklee.edu/haydn-journal/vol13/iss1/4/

Conference: “Reassessing Haydn’s Sacred Music”

June 12–14, 2023, Haydnhaus, Eisenstadt, Austria

Scholars from North America, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan will present papers and hold roundtable discussions on Haydn’s sacred music as products of the Catholic Enlightenment, their influences, performance aspects, and reception. For a complete program, please click the following link: Haydn Conference 2023.

Registration is $50 for HSNA members, $90 for non-members, which includes a 2023 membership in HSNA. To register, please contact Michael E. Ruhling (mergsl@rit.edu).

Eisenstadt Hotel information: https://www.eisenstadt-tourismus.at/hotels-reiseinfos/unterkunftsliste#/unterkuenfte  

pdf: https://www.eisenstadt-tourismus.at/fileadmin/leithaland/bilder/Beherberger/Eisenstadt_Unterku__nfte_2023.pdf

Co-sponsored by:
Haydn Society of North America
Internationale Joseph Haydn Privatstiftung Eisenstadt

Additional financial support generously provided by:
Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (https://botstiberbiaas.org/)
Rochester Institute of Technology School of Performing Arts (https://www.rit.edu/performingarts/)
Förderansuchen für Kulturförderung durch das Hauptreferat Kultur und Wissenschaft Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung
Anonymous donors

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America Editorial Director search.

The Haydn Society of North America seeks an Editorial Director for its open-access, peer-reviewed online journal HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America (https://remix.berklee.edu/haydn-journal/). Candidates are expected to be visionary and open to new directions in scholarship and its dissemination, be knowledgeable of web-based academic editorial practices, be able to work collaboratively among a team of scholars, web media experts, and other fields related to publication, and have a record of publication and editing of scholarly material. 

The duties of the position include:

1.     Preside over the journal’s international editorial board

2.     Solicit, receive, and organize submissions through the Berklee REMIX submission system

3.     Oversee peer review process

4.     Proofread and edit submissions

5.     Work with authors to create appropriately formatted visual and electronic materials, such as music scores, tables, figures, etc., to include in articles electronically, and in hard-copy format

6.     Negotiate subscription and publication aspects between HSNA, its members, and Berklee REMIX, as necessary from time to time

7.     Generate and have sent out notices of publication

8.     Negotiate relationships with publishers, recording companies, and other such entities for use of online materials, as necessary

9.     Work with Berklee REMIX editorial, technical, and business staff to ensure smooth, proper, and timely delivery of the journal content

10.  Other editorial, business, communication, and technical tasks that come up from time to time

11.  Serve as an ex officio, non-voting member of the HSNA Board (unless also serving as an elected member of the Board), serving as liaison between Berklee REMIX and the HSNA Board and Society, including generating a journal report for each annual general meeting of the Society. 

Those interested in applying for the position should send a letter of interest and cv to Michael Ruhling (Michael.Ruhling@rit.edu). Nominations are also welcome; please include contact information with nominations.

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