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Franz Josef Haydn was employed by Prince Nicholas von Esterhazy to write music for the Prince's house orchestra. Haydn's Symphony #45 in f# minor has come to be known as the Farewell Symphony because of the fourth movement. In order to remind the prince that his employees were due a vacation, Haydn wrote the fourth movement so that one by one the players stopped, packed their instruments, and left the stage, until only four violins were left playing. The prince was so amused that he relented and allowed the vacations to begin.

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