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Franz Joseph Haydn was one of the most well-known composers of the classical period and is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony.” If you want to listen to free Haydn music, then get your Franz Joseph Haydn MP3 by clicking on the player below now. Haydn’s music runs the gamut from the intense pieces of his “Strum and Drang” period to the lighter, more entertaining fare of later work—but all of his oeuvre represents an artist who was not afraid to experiment and use his sense of humor. Get some fresh insights into Haydn’s style when you listen to free Haydn music right now by clicking on the player below. The only obligation for getting a free Franz Joseph Haydn MP3 is that you enjoy the music.

Joseph Haydn Biography

Franz Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. Educated at the Cathedral Choir School of St Stephen's, Vienna, Haydn earned his living initially by playing in street orchestras and teaching. He became musical director (1759–60) for Count von Morzin's court musicians, for whom he wrote some of the earliest Haydn symphonies. He entered the service of the Esterházy’s, a rich and powerful Hungarian family, as musical director in 1761. He stayed with them until 1790, composing over one hundred Haydn symphonies and Haydn piano sonatas.

Written between 1759 and 1795, Haydn’s work ranges from pieces written for the relatively modest local court orchestra of two oboes, two horns and strings, to the greater complexity of his London Symphonies, all twelve written for performance in London under the direction of the German-born violinist and impresario Salomon during the composer's two London visits.

In 1795, Haydn returned to Vienna rich and honored. At this time--in his late sixties--he composed six masses and two oratorios, The Creation (1798) and The Seasons (1801), which were so popular that choruses and orchestras were formed for the sole purpose of performing these Haydn songs. He died in 1809, at seventy-seven.

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