HAYDN JOSEPH: (1732-1809) Austrian composer of the Classical period.

HAYDN JOSEPH: (1732-1809) Austrian composer of the Classical period. A bound folio edition of Dr Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas, for the Voice with an Accompaniment for the Piano-Forte, Dedicated to Mrs. John Hunter, the title page further stating 'Printed for the Author, & Sold by him at No.1. Bury Street, St. James's, at Messrs Corri, Dussek & Co., Music Sellers to her Majesty, No. 67 Dean Street, Soho & Bridge Street, Edinburgh', n.d. (c. June 1794). The sheet music comprises The Mermaids Song, Recollection, A Pastoral Song, Despair, Pleasing Pains and Fidelity. Signed ('Haydn', with a paraph) by Haydn in dark ink at the base of the title page. Bound by Kelly of Gower Place in dark red cloth with gilt stamped title to the cover. Rare. Some light foxing and minor overall age wear, about VG Anne Hunter (1742-1821) British poet and salon hostess, wife of the surgeon and anatomist John Hunter. Anne Hunter is chiefly remembered as the author of texts to at least nine of Haydn's fourteen songs in English, including several represented in the present volume. Hunter and her husband entertained the leading Bluestockings at their house.