Franz Joseph Haydn (/ˈhaɪdən/ HY-dən, German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period...
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Joseph Haydn was a prolific composer of the classical period. He is regarded as the "father of the symphony" and the "father of the string quartet" for...
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There are 106 symphonies by the classical composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). Of these, 104 have numbers associated with them which were originally assigned...
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Joseph Haydn is not primarily remembered as a composer of opera, yet the genre occupied a great deal of his time. During the 1770s and 1780s, Haydn ran...
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Haydn (German: [ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 14 September 1737 – 10 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn....
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are attributed to Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C (Haydn) Cello Concerto No. 2 in D (Haydn) Cello Concerto No. 3 in A (Haydn) (lost) Cello Concerto...
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String quartet (section Haydn's impact)
quartet was developed into its present form by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, whose works in the 1750s established the ensemble as a group of four...
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The composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) and Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) were friends. Their relationship is not very well documented, but the evidence...
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Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2), and considered by many to be one of his masterpieces. The...
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Beethoven and his contemporaries (section Joseph Haydn)
reconciliations. Beethoven had well-known quarrels with his one-time teachers, Joseph Haydn and Antonio Salieri, with the piano virtuoso and composer Johann Nepomuk...
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Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3) is a secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1801. Haydn was led to write The Seasons by the great success of...
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six String Quartets, Op. 76, by Joseph Haydn were composed in 1797 or 1798 and dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Georg von Erdődy (1754–1824). They...
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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (category Haydn's patrons)
remembered as the principal employer of the composer Joseph Haydn. Nikolaus Esterházy was the son of Prince Joseph (József Simon Antal, 1688–1721), and the younger...
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Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1, by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761-65 for longtime friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of...
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Eszterháza (category Joseph Haydn)
Versailles", it is Hungary's grandest Rococo edifice. It was the home of Joseph Haydn and his orchestra from 1766 to 1790. Esterháza was not the primary or...
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The Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn (German: Variationen über ein Thema von Jos. Haydn), now also called the Saint Anthony Variations, is a work...
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following is a partial list of concertos by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). In the Hoboken catalogue of Haydn's works, concertos for most instruments are in...
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the twelve London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as the Surprise Symphony. Haydn wrote the symphony in 1791 in London for...
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Count Morzin (redirect from Carl Joseph Franz Morzin)
first person to employ the composer Joseph Haydn as his Kapellmeister, or music director. The first few of Haydn's many symphonies were written for the...
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Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major is a cello concerto, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101, was for many years thought to have been composed in 1783 for...
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Ludwig van Beethoven (category Pupils of Joseph Haydn)
his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as heroic...
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Masses composed by Joseph Haydn are listed below. Masses are sorted using chronological indices given by New Grove. The Hoboken catalogue had also placed...
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Schumann Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A: Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 107 in B-flat major, Hob. I/107 Adagio: Karl Amadeus Hartmann...
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Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 45 in F♯ minor, known as the "Farewell" Symphony (German: Abschieds-Symphonie; modern orthography: Abschiedssinfonie), is a...
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Haydn Quartet may refer to: String quartets by Joseph Haydn The Haydn Quartets written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and dedicated to Haydn or The Haydn...
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Hayden (redirect from Joseph Haydn (disambiguation))
Planetarium, New York City, New York, United States Haden (disambiguation) Haydn (disambiguation) Haydon (disambiguation) Heyden (disambiguation) Heydon...
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Op. 10, dedicated to the composer Joseph Haydn, who is often referred to as the "father of the string quartet". Haydn had recently completed his influential...
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era, a friend and musical inspiration for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. Leutgeb was born in Neulerchenfeld, but little is known of his early...
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The six string quartets Op. 20 by Joseph Haydn are among the works that earned Haydn the sobriquet "the father of the string quartet". The quartets are...
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Joseph Haydn's String Quartets, Op. 64, is a set of six string quartets composed in 1790. Along with six earlier quartets published under the opus numbers...
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