Franz Joseph Haydn
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Rohrau, Austria (1732 – 1809)
The name “Franz” was not used in the composer’s lifetime; scholars, along with an increasing number of music publishers and recording companies, now use the historically more accurate form of his name, rendered in English as “Joseph Haydn”.
A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Eszterházy family on their remote estate. Being isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his long life, he was, as he put it, “forced to become original”.
Joseph Haydn was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a highly regarded composer at the court of Archbishop-Prince Hieronymous von Colloredo who also had in his employ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and father Leopold Mozart. Haydn had a third brother, Johann Evangelist Haydn, a tenor singer.
Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in Rohrau, Austria village near the Hungarian border. His father was Matthias Haydn, a wheelwright who also served as “Marktrichter”, an office akin to village mayor. Haydn’s mother, the former Maria Koller, had previously worked as a cook in the palace of Count Harrach, the presiding aristocrat of Rohrau. Neither parent could read music. However, Matthias was an enthusiastic folk musician, who during the journeyman period of his career had taught himself to play the harp.
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An Anthology of Song - Volume VII
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London Symphonies No.99-104
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HAYDN: Complete String Quartets
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HAYDN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 53-56 and 58 / Un Piccolo Divertimento
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BadKidAndrew
COME TO BRAZIL
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Cranigen
@the_melvin, go to your Account Settings > Website Tab, under the tab uncheck autocorrect
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aenimauk
The symphonies are good but a bit overrated, it's all about the Creation and the string quartets for me. The 'Representation of Chaos' in the Creation is fantastic, as are the tone poem portrayals of the creation of eagles, whales, etc.
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Marrajjj
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the_melvin
how do i fix my tag? id rather it say Joseph Haydn. thats what it says on my itunes... fuckin autocorrect.
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as-33
how about 88
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wolfram-r
«В этом мире так мало радостных и довольных людей», — писал семидесятилетний композитор, — «везде их преследуют горе и заботы; быть может, твой труд послужит подчас источником, из которого полный забот и обремененный делами человек будет черпать минутами свое спокойствие и отдых».
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mikeedols
so.... Joseph Haydn is the correct tag? my whole life was a lie
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KeIemvor
That's not a good idea, that way you will miss lots of great older symphonies.
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wolfram-r
Wooshmeister, I started from number 94.
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KeIemvor
Just listen through all of them chronologically, at least that's what I did :D
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Wooshmeister
I decided today to start listening to Haydn only to learn he composed over 100 Symphonies...I mean, Christ, where am I even supposed to begin with that kind of number?
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HoweverFarAway_
However, this guy > Mozart.
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HoweverFarAway_
The Surprise Symphony is one of the least surprising pieces of music I have ever heard. :P
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Vengerer
His Cello concerto No.1 is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
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l4tency
Bernstein's recording of Symphony 82 is FANTABULOUS. Also, Furtwangler's 88.
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Vigridr
Reading a book about his life, very interesting makes me appreciate his music even more.
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