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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Austria (1732 – 1809)
(Franz) Joseph Haydn (31 March or 1 April 1732–31 May 1809) was a leading composer of the classical period, called the “Father of the symphony” and “Father of the string quartet”.
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.
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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scapino wrote:
the on tour joke is overused
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i loled, on tour.
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on tour. wtf.
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What's up with the beatles tag?
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JAZZ
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Seavas wrote:
Vote for this picture so Papa Haydn finally gets the picture he deserves: http://www.last.fm/music/Franz+Joseph+Haydn/+images/10346827
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Seavas wrote:
You fail to pick up the not-so-subtle 2-way-sarcasm of that group.
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sonic_wolf wrote:
You really have no knowledge of what you're talking about. You just don't have an ear for metal, that is all.
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Metal is just noise and screaming into a microphone
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mükemmel:)
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Oessur wrote:
The Philosopher is awesome, great instrumentation
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The Philosopher ftw
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Please, look at this http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ClassicalStyleGuide. It's a helpful tagging gide for classical listeners.
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New group created to honor great baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli! Join Corelli Group! http://www.last.fm/group/Corelli
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Alucard89 wrote:
Symphony 39 in g minor :love:
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Grosseteste wrote:
Because it's a streamable track, and probably in lots of people's playlists or radios. That distorts a lot of artists' Top Tracks lists.
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wie_ein_kind wrote:
Why does the finale of Sym. 99 have over 300 plays?
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Fnts wrote:
Symphony No. 94 is a fuckin genius masterpiece.
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tyx wrote:
Haydn is by far one of my favourites.
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