Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

In fact, Franz Joseph Haydn led a respectable, relatively quiet life ... Afterward, he set out on his own as a teacher and composer, living in an attic that leaked rain through the roof. Discovered by ...

Beethoven was so overawed by Haydn’s talent and reputation as a quartet composer that when he came ... while Michael sang beautifully, Franz Joseph sang ‘like a crow’. Haydn’s dismissal ...

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has released a rare, 11-volume collection of the composer’s 62 piano sonatas ... Mostly Mozart Festival for a production of Haydn’s oratorio staged by Carlus Padrissa.

Having enjoyed worldwide success with his documentary films on Mozart and Beethoven, the British director Phil Grabsky has turned to a trickier subject, Franz Joseph Haydn. Trickier, because the ...

Perhaps the greatest masterpiece of masterful composer Franz Joseph Haydn, “The Creation” tells the tale of the beginning of all things within nearly two hours of symphony orchestra and a full ...

Germany's top classical music prize, the Opus Klassik, goes to a recording of Joseph ... Haydn Expedition," which will be released this December. The documentary focuses on the Austrian composer ...

The Austrian composer bridged the transition from writing music for patrons to writing for a paying audience Franz Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in Rohrau, a village about 40km east of Vienna on ...

C. Robbins Landon unearthed a treasure-trove of eight operas by Franz Joseph Haydn. The scores, written in the master’s hand between 1762 and 1780, were in various states of disrepair.