Analysis of Performance Techniques in the First Movement of Haydn's Piano Sonata in B-flat Major

Haydn's compositional career was inseparable from the creation of sonata works, which culminated in 1794 with the completion of his final three sonatas. The "Piano Sonata in B-flat major" (Hob.XVI/52) is the most mature in structure and technically complex of Haydn's sonata works. The first movement is particularly representative. This article analyzes the work's formal structure and performance techniques based on previous research and, in conjunction with performance practice, mainly summarizes and generalizes from the perspectives of performance technique and musicality.