Joseph haydn trumpet concerto
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List of compositions by Joseph Haydn
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Joseph Haydn is the oldest of those three composers whose works form an entire era of history of music in the late 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th century. None of them was Viennese by birth, however, their names are an integral part of Vienna: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven went down in cultural history as the "Viennese classics"; Joseph Haydn can be considered as "Father" of the Viennese classicism. Characteristic forms of composition and genres of this style epoch crystalize from his music, such as the form of the symphony with four movements with menuet and slow movement; the string quartet is his "invention" and his piano sonatas show how improvisatorial spirit and personal expression is compatible with formal objectivity. Whether opera or chamber music, symphony or musica sacra, Haydn's works bespeak a rich playful and creative imagination able to integrate sedentary folkloric music as well as strange color within the "elaborated music".
Origin and childhood
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(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809); AUT
In many ways Franz Joseph Haydn, the quintessential composer of the period of eighteenth century Enlightenment, is the father of modern music. The forms that he brought to their first perfection are at the center of all ensuing musical thought: the symphony, string quartet, and piano sonata. Haydn was warmly known as "Papa" by his orchestra at the Esterhazy Court where he worked for a good deal of his life, but he has become known as Papa Haydn to us all.
Haydn was born in the town of Rohrau on the Austrian-Hungarian border in 1732, the son of a wagon maker. He was raised essentially as a peasant (a heritage reflected in the later character of his minuets particularly), but with the hope that he might become a clergyman. His studies at nearby Hainburg included lessons on wind and string instruments and his musical gifts were quickly evident. In an autobiographical sketch, Haydn remembered his childhood as "more floggings than food" and without proper teaching. But he listened to everything around him and "th
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