Previous posts for March 23rd may be found here: Julius Reubke (2019), Arthur Farwell (2020), Anthony van Hoboken (2021), Dave Frishberg; Dane Rudhyar (2022), Ludwig Minkus (2023), Dave Frishberg; Eugène Gigout (2024), and Dave Frishberg; Anthony van Hoboken (2025)
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Anthony van Hoboken (23 March 1887 – 1 November 1983) was a Dutch musical collector, bibliographer, and musicologist best known for his catalogue of the works of Haydn.
Resting In Peace
No doubt that Haydn who today has sunk to the level of child-performers, will one day rise again from the children to the adults, as basically the rarest and most adult people of all belong to his circle. – Schenker to Hoboken, qtd. in Wikipedia
Though Haydn was always respected,
He was widely regarded as facile,
Perhaps a bit prim and affected,
A bit like a rococo castle.
It was Hoboken's tireless rigor
While rooting through archival collections,
That uncovered the sinewy vigor
Which fortified Haydn's confections.
Yet in spite of the Hoboken numbers
That were pinned to each piece in its turn,
Old Haydn's Elysian slumbers
Went on undisturbed in his urn.
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