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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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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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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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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published in 1785 in Vienna as his Op. 10, dedicated to the composer Joseph Haydn. The quartets were published in a set as Mozart's Opus 10 in Vienna,...
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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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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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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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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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Joseph Haydn composed the Concerto per il Clarino (Hob. VIIe/1) (Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major) in 1796 for the trumpet virtuoso Anton Weidinger. Joseph...
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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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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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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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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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by Joseph Haydn List of masses by Joseph Haydn List of operas by Joseph Haydn List of piano trios by Joseph Haydn List of string quartets by Joseph Haydn...
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multiple composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner, and Joseph Haydn, and the composers' intentions often varied at different points in their...
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sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn, commissioned in 1786 for the Good Friday service at Oratorio de la Santa...
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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (category Patrons of Joseph Haydn)
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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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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Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101, was for many years thought to have been composed in 1783 for Antonín Kraft, a cellist...
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The ethnicity of the composer Joseph Haydn was a controversial matter in Haydn scholarship during a period lasting from the late 19th to the mid-20th century...
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erhalte Franz den Kaiser", composed in 1797 by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn as an anthem for the birthday of Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman...
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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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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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Friedrich Haas (born 1953) – composer of contemporary classical music Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) – Classical-era composer; composed 104 symphonies, as well...
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Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (category Compositions by Joseph Haydn)
with lyrics by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749–1827) and music by Joseph Haydn. Haydn's tune has since been widely employed in other contexts: in works...
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