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Joseph Haydn
Questions about Joseph Haydn, a prominent Austrian composer during the Classical Period.
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For about 23 years, he lived and composed music at the Esterhazy Palace in Fertod, Hungary. It's a beautiful place - been there and have stayed in the palace living quarters.
What type of music does Joseph Hydn compose?
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What language did Joseph Haydn speak?
Franz Josef Haydn was a classical composer, who composed, not wrote, many pieces of music, with some estimates at 340 hours of music. His most famous works include
Symphonies Nos. 94-104 (The London Symphonies).
The Surprise Symphony
Where was Franz Joseph Haydn born?
The well-known chamber music composer, Franz Joseph Haydn, was born on March 31, 1732. He lived for over 77 years before his death on May 31, 1809.
Did Haydn teach Beethoven music?
Haydn did not teach Beethoven how to play an instrument, but he did give Beethoven lessons in musical composition. Beethoven struggled with Haydn as a teacher, and the two did not really get along.
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What Is Franz Joseph Haydn's Wife?
Franz Joseph Haydn, the famous composer, was born in Rohrau, Austria on March 31, 1732. He was married to Maria Anna Aloysia Apollonia Keller from 1760 to 1800.
What was franz Joseph haydn known for?
If you mean Franz Haydn, he is often called the Father of the Symphony or the father of the String Quartet. He was one of the most distinguished composers of the classical period and wrote over 340 hours of classical music, more than Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven. In his time, he was known all over Europe and was considered to the the greatest living composer. He is famous for his Symphony 94, The Surprise and his epic Oratorio, The Creation, as well as many other great works
What was franz Joseph haydn's nickname?
Franz Joseph Haydn son of Matthias Haydn and Anna Maria Koller.
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How did the farewell symphony get its name?
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.
How many brothers and sisters did the composer haydn have?
In general it is believed that Joseph Haydn did not have any children. Some experts, however, say that he did have a son with his lover the singer L. Polzelli in Eisenstadt.
WHEN did Franz Joseph haydn start writing music?
His voice changed when he was 16 and then he got kicked out of the boys choir because he was no longer a soprano. He then tried composing and was hired by Prince Esterhazy.
How many theme and variations did Haydn compose?
The composer Joseph Haydn wrote 471 different works. Of these 68 were string quartets, 108 were symphonies, and 20 were operas.
Haydn was a composer in 18th century. By his time, the main element of music was the counterpoint (it was Baroque period). He was one of the composers to develop the genres of symphony and string quartet.
What instruments is in a string quartet?
The classical string quartet has a first and second violin, a viola and a cello. It was formalized by Franz Josef Haydn and perfected by him and Mozart. Nearly every classical composer since their time has written at least one string quartet.
