Haydn and Thomas Arne's "Artaxerxes"

[...]Haydn gave Caecilia copies of his music and she inscribed them with touching testimony of their friendship. Jane Austen saw it in Covent Garden in March 1814, but with no great enthusiasm beforehand: "I daresay Artaxerxes will be very tiresome" and admitting afterwards that she "...

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Published inHaydn Society of Great Britain no. 40; pp. 7 - 11
Main Author McCulloch, Derek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Aldcliffe Haydn Society 01.01.2021
Subjects
Arne, Thomas
Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Autobiographies
Classical music
Composers
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Keyboard music
Musicians & conductors
Opera
Singers
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Summary:[...]Haydn gave Caecilia copies of his music and she inscribed them with touching testimony of their friendship. Jane Austen saw it in Covent Garden in March 1814, but with no great enthusiasm beforehand: "I daresay Artaxerxes will be very tiresome" and admitting afterwards that she "was very tired of Artaxerxes", much preferring the 'operatical farce' "The Devil to pay" (Charles Coffey) that preceded it8. According to her report, Haydn deemed the work to be "the most ingenious and scientific score he had ever seen".