In 18th-century Austrian monasteries, the local centers of vocal and instrumental music already performed Joseph Haydn’s works, even before the composer became widely known. The young musician’s scores were copied by the monks and shared among them. Today, several Austrian monastic music collections still hold manuscript copies of Haydn’s early works.
Joseph Haydn: Original manuscript of the opera Le Pescatrici (1769)
Repository: National Széchényi Library, Music Collection (Ms. mus. I. 3)
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