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, ...

Although increasingly rejected by scholars, the label Sturm und Drang (‘Storm and Stress’), which derives from the slightly later German literary movement of that name, is still widely used to ...

After Haydn’s voice broke Queen Maria Theresa apparently reported that, while Michael sang beautifully, Franz Joseph sang ‘like ... The Surprise Symphony includes a sudden loud chord in ...

The Salzburg-based Hagen Quartet served a generous helping of Haydn at the 92nd St. Y Tuesday night, along with a young ...

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children ... who’d heard one of Haydn’s symphonies at Lukavec, invited him to become second Kapellmeister at ...

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The symphony was a very important form during ... a viola and a cello. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is the German composer of ‘The Rider’, a quartet beginning with a dark, dramatic gallop.