When did joseph haydn die
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What you should know about Joseph Haydn
Throughout the history of orchestral music there are few composers who have left more of a mark on the landscape of musical history. Read on to learn all about the 18th-century genius Joseph Haydn, from humble beginnings to symphony sensation.
Born: 1732, Rohrau, Austria
Died: 1809, Vienna, Austria
Contemporaries: Johann Christian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven
Best known for: Symphonies Nos 44, ‘Mourning’; 45, ‘Farewell’; 82, ‘The Bear’; 92, ‘Oxford’; 94, ‘Surprise’; 101, ‘The Clock’; and 104, ‘London’. Trumpet Concerto; the oratorio The Creation; String Quartets Op 64 No 5, ‘The Lark’ and Op 76 No 3 ‘Emperor’.
Who was Joseph Haydn?
Joseph Haydn was the oldest and longest-lived of the four great composers of the so-called ‘First Viennese School’. Born at a time when the Baroque masters J S Bach and George Frideric Handel were at the height of their fame, he outlived his frien
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Biography
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, 45 piano trios, 62 piano sonatas, 14 masses and 26 operas, amongst countless other scores.
Life and Music
The son of a wheelwright and a local landowner's cook, Haydn had such a fine voice that at the age of five he entered the Choir School of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
His ethereal treble tones lasted until he was 16, a fact noticed by the Habsburg Empress, Maria Theresa, who uttered her famous criticism: "That boy doesn't sing, he crows!". Haydn left the choir in memorable fashion - snipping off the pigtail of one his fellow choirboys - and was publicly caned.
By the 1770s, Haydn's music had become more distinctive and boldly individual, inspired by a form of heightened emotionalism known as 'Sturm and Drang' (storm and stress). The composer's reputation spread rapidly throughout Austria, and commissions began arriving f
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Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
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Franz Joseph Haydn[a] (HY-dən; German:[ˈfʁantsˈjoːzɛfˈhaɪdn̩]ⓘ; 31 March[b] 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio.[2] His contributions to musical form have led him to be called "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String quartet".
Haydn arose from humble origins, the child of working people in a rural village. He established his career first by serving as a chorister at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, then through an arduous period as a freelance musician. Eventually he found career success, spending much of his working life as music director for the wealthy Esterházy family at their palace of Eszterháza in rural Hungary. Though he had his own orchestra there, it isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become origin
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