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  • PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL LEWIS (CONCERT 1)

    PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL LEWIS (CONCERT 1)

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    Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata in C major Hob. XV1:50 Haydn’s last three piano sonatas, Nos. 60 to 62 (Hob. XVI: 50-52), were written during the composer’s second trip to London in 1794-1795. All three were composed with a specific dedicatee in mind: the female keyboard virtuoso, Therese Jansen Bartolozzi (1770-1843), a student of Clementi that…