Arthur M. Hoffmann" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>One little (and pedant) remark: if Beethoven wrote in 1792 it's not very
>>likely that it was 'an exercise under Haydn', since he lived in Bonn
>>until November 1792.  Then he moved to Vienna and became Haydn's pupil.
>>So only the revision of the second movement could have been an exercise
>>under Haydn.
>
>Except for the fact that Haydn stayed in Bonn a few months 1792 on his
>journey back to Wien from London.

No, only a few weeks at its best and there's no mentioning of lessons in
that period, at least not in Beethoven's biography, nor -as far as I know-
in Haydn's.

>Beethoven showed Haydn at least one piece that he had composed and
>asked for feedback. However as far as I know that was a small cantata.

Yes, most probably the Joseph cantata.

Joyce Maier
www.ademu.com/Beethoven