: Haydn became famous for his musical "tricks," such as false endings where he would tease the listener into thinking a piece was over before starting again in an unexpected key. The Legacy of Volume 1

Joseph Haydn's keyboard sonatas began in relative isolation. For decades, he served the wealthy at their remote estate in rural Hungary. This isolation from musical trends in Vienna "forced him to become original," as he later described it. His earliest sonatas, often called divertimentos , were largely written for his students and were brief, lighthearted pieces designed for the harpsichord. Evolution of the Form

: By the 1760s and 1770s, his writing became more expressive and passionate.