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    of classical music was Joseph Haydn. His influence upon later composers was tremendous. Joseph Haydn’s most acclaimed pupil was Ludwig van Beethoven, and his musical form casted a huge shadow over the music of many composers such as, Mendelssohn, and Schubert. Joseph Haydn is the composer whom more than others epitomizes and aimed for achievements of the Classical era. Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732 in Rohrau Austria. He was one of three boys born to Mathias Haydn and Anna Maria Koller

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    Franz Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. He was under the employment of the Esterházy family, one of the richest musical sponsors for about thirty years. Haydn was blessed with musical talent. His father and grandfather made and repaired wooden wheels. Neither his mother nor his father could read or write music. However, Haydn’s father was an experienced folk musician, who learned how to play the harp by teaching himself how to, on his own. He grew up in a poverty-stricken

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    Joseph Haydn Farewell

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    It has been said that Franz Joseph Haydn is the “father of the symphony” and as so he is known for his creative takes on traditional classic music which influenced composers for centuries to follow. Haydn was not only a composer of symphonies, but wrote many pieces of sacred and secular vocal music, chamber music, keyboard music, and operas. One of his most famous symphonies was the Symphony No. 45, which was created during his operatic hiatus in Eszterháza and serves as a petition or request of

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    Franz Joseph Haydn

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    Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical Era. Apart from being considered as one of the most influential and significant composers of the Western classical music, he was also known as one of the three composers part of First Viennese School composers, which also included Mozart and Beethoven. He composed The Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49, and dedicated it to Mrs. Maria Anna Edle von Genzinger. This piece is rather representative of works written in his late period

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    Franz Joseph haydn Joseph haydn was an australian composer and violinist from the classical period. First I will tell you Joseph's early life and next I will talk about the start of his musical career. Finally how his music career turned out, and all of the success Joseph had. First I am going to tell you the early life of joseph haydn. He was born on March 31 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. His mother's name was Maria Koller and his father was Matthias Haydn. He had two brothers and three sisters

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    France Joseph Haydn was born on Mach 31, 1732 in Rohrau Austria and died May 31, 1809. His parents were Mathias Haydn and Maria Haydn. Both of his parents, especially his father loved music and Mathias was also a folk musician who had taught himself to play the harp.As a young child, he learned to play various musical instruments, his talents got him noticed by Georg von Reutter, the musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, and he invited Joseph to serve as a chorister in Vienna’s most

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    Franz Joseph Haydn was born close to Vienna, a capital of Austria, landlocked country situated in southern Central Europe. Growing up as achorister at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, he enjoyed singing and playing many string istruments. He wrote his first symphonies in 1757 right about when he was asked to work for Count Morzin. However Haydn’s career is actually outlined by his long stint operating for the Esterhazy house of Republic of Hungary, starting in 1761. The Esterhazys were avid supporters of

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    moulding of which he played an important part. Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau in 1732, the son of a wheelwright, he trained as a chorister at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, where he made an early living. He worked as a freelance musician, playing the violin and the keyboard instruments, accompanying for singing lessons given by the composer Porpora, who helped and encouraged him ( Boynick, 1). In this essay, I will discuss a brief overview of Joseph Haydn's life. I will also talk about some

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    Franz Joseph Haydn is one of the most recognizable names and characters of the Classical era. He is recognizes as the inventor of the string quartet, and tutored many other easily-recognizable musicians such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart. Haydn’s first experience with music was when he was eight, and he was recruited to sing as a choirboy at St. Stephen’s choir in Vienna. He eventually came to love the keyboard and violin, and supported himself in his early years by teaching

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    Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is recognized as one of the most famous composers of the Classical Era due to his contributions to the classical style. Not only is Haydn recognized today as a brilliant composer, but he was also popular during his time due to his originality and new ideas in music. Some of his new ideas include generating the basic development of formal structure in various styles of music and creating his own musical characteristics that deviate from the standards of his time. His individuality

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