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Joseph Haydn

(Franz)Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer. He was one of the most prominent composers of the classical period, and is called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".

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Franz Joseph Haydn is the composer who, more than any other, epitomizes the aims and achievements of the Classical era. Perhaps his most important achievement was that he developed and evolved in countless subtle ways the most influential structural principle in the history of music: his perfection of the set of expectations known as sonata form made an epochal impact. In hundreds of instrumental sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies, Haydn both broke new ground and provided durable models; indeed, he was among the creators of these fundamental genres of classical music. His influence upon later composers is immeasurable; Haydn's most illustrious pupil, Beethoven, was the direct beneficiary of the elder master's musical imagination, and Haydn's shadow lurks within (and sometimes looms over) the music of composers like Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.
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Date of birth: 1732-03-31
Country: Austria
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Haydn - Scherzando No. 1
Hansjuerg Schellenberger conducts the Haydn Ensemble Berlin
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Haydn | CD's

Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas
From Warner Classics
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Haydn: Missa in Angustiis "Nelson Mass"
Te Deum / Lott, Watkinson, M. Davies, Wilson-Johnson; Pinnock
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