Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Photo by: Thomas Hardy · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:March 31, 1732

Died:May 31, 1809

Age at death:77

Zodiac Sign:Aries

Born in:Rohrau, Austria

Buried in:Austria

Languages:German, Alemannic

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DeutschlandliedSymphony No. 100Symphony No. 101

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Lo spezialeAutobiographical sketchO quam tristis = O mor ingol : Stabat MaterAnd God said, Let the watersAnd God created Man

Awards

honorary citizen of Vienna (1804)

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Biography

Franz Joseph Haydn ( HY-dən; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was pivotal in the evolution of chamber music forms such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led him to be called "Father of the Symphony", "Father of the String quartet" and "Father of Sonata Form". Haydn rose from humble origins as the child of working people in a rural village. He established his career firstly 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 original". During this period his music circulated widely in publication, eventually making him the most celebrated composer in Europe. Notable works include the Paris and London symphonies. With the death of his patron Nikolaus Esterházy in 1790, Haydn became free to travel, and augmented his fame as a performer before the public in both London and Vienna. Late in life, he composed the oratorios The Creation (1798) and The Seasons (1801). The last years of his life (1803–1809) were spent in a state of debility, unable to compose due to poor health. He died in Vienna in 1809 at the age of 77. Harold C. Schonberg writes that Haydn "was the Classic performer par excellence, and in his long life, from 1732 to 1809, he grew up with the new musical ideas and, more than any one man, shaped them." He was the elder brother of composer Michael Haydn, a friend and mentor of Mozart, and a teacher of Beethoven. Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are sometimes referred to as the "First Viennese School".

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“Give Him thanks, all ye His works so wondrous! Sing His honor, sing His glory, bless and magnify His Name! Jehovah’s praise endures forevermore, Amen, Amen!.”

— The libretto of an 18th-century oratorio by Joseph Haydn states in praise of Jehovah. Source: The Watchtower magazine, article: Praise the King of Eternity!, 4/1, 1996.

“Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name: He has taste, and, furthermore, the most profound knowledge of composition.”

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Joseph Haydn

Titre uniforme : Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809). Compositeur. [Symphonies. Hob I 52. Do mineur] Titre propre pris au départ. - Copistes présumés d'après F-Pn / D. 16738 et D. 18128. - Vl 2, vla, ob 2, fag, cor 2 (en do et mi bémol), b. - Ms. en partie daté d'après l'activité de l'abbé Roze au Conservatoire de Paris (1807-1819). - Papier bleuté. - Fait partie d'une collection homogène de symphonies de Joseph Haydn (F-Pn / D. 5597-5663) avec catalogue par l'abbé Roze, complété par Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (F-Pn / D. 5596) Présentation musicale : [Partition] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : RISM2 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : RISMMss Symphonies -- +* 1700......- 1799......+:18e siècle: Lefebvre, François-Charlemagne (1775-1839). Copiste présumé Lefèbvre, Jean-Baptiste-François-Augustin (1738-1814). Copiste présumé

Titre uniforme : Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809). Compositeur. [Symphonies. Hob I 93. Ré majeur] Titre propre pris au départ. - Copistes présumés d'après F-Pn / D. 16738 et D. 18128. - Vl 2, vla, fl, ob 2, fag 2, clno 2 (en ré), cor 2 (en ré), timp (en ré), b. - Ms. en partie daté d'après l'activité de l'abbé Roze au Conservatoire de Paris (1807-1819). - Papier bleuté. - Fait partie d'une collection homogène de symphonies de Joseph Haydn (F-Pn / D. 5597-5663) avec catalogue par l'abbé Roze, complété par Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (F-Pn / D. 5596) Présentation musicale : [Partition] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : RISM2 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : RISMMss Symphonies -- +* 1700......- 1799......+:18e siècle: Lefebvre, François-Charlemagne (1775-1839). Copiste présumé Lefèbvre, Jean-Baptiste-François-Augustin (1738-1814). Copiste présumé

First page of Haydn's Variations in F minor, Hob. VII:6

Haydn Op. 20 Chevardìere Violin I Title Page

Titre uniforme : Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809). Compositeur. [Die Schöpfung. Hob XXI 2] Éditeur : Breitkopf & Härtel (Leipzig)

Landesmuseum, Innenhof überdacht

Titre uniforme : Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809). Compositeur. [Quatuors. Cordes. Hob III] Présentation musicale : [Parties] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : RISMImp Quatuors à cordes -- +* 1700......- 1799......+:18e siècle: Napoléon Ier (1769-1821 ; empereur des Français). Dédicataire Guérin, Pierre-Narcisse (1774-1833). Dessinateur du modèle Darcis, Louis (17..-1801). Graveur Aubert, J.-B.-L. (17..-18.. ; graveur). Graveur en lettres Éditeur : À Paris : chez Pleyel, rue Neuve des Petits Champs No 728 entre les rues de la Loi et Helvétius, [ca 1800]

Oil painting portrait of Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy

Austriacki kompozytor okresu klasycyzmu, ur. 31 marca 1732 roku w Rohrau, zm. 31 maja 1809 roku w Wiedniu). Najstarszy z tzw. trzech klasyków wiedeńskich, obok Wolfganga Amadeusza Mozarta i Ludwiga van Beethovena.