Joseph Haydn: Fugue Hob. XIX: 16
played by the flute clock from 1793 (Nationaal Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement, Utrecht)

Recorded in Utrecht on 2 September 2009

A court chaplain and librarian to Count Esterhazy, Father Primitivus Niemecz gained lasting fame as a manufacturer of musical automata. Joseph Haydn composed music specifically for this instrument, originally built into a magnificent piece of furniture with a clock on top, which released the music on the hour. The barrel contains twelve tunes, including this fugue.

© Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2009