The Life and Times of Franz Joseph Haydn

The Life and Times of Franz Joseph Haydn
Author: Susan Zannos
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1545748810

Franz Joseph Haydn s importance in the history of music is so great that it would be difficult to summarize his achievements in a few paragraphs. He inherited the sonata from Bach and made it into a great form of musical expression. He established the symphony, preparing the way for Mozart and Beethoven. He is often called the father of the string quartet. In fact, Mozart commented that it was from Haydn that he learned how to compose for four-stringed instruments. Haydn possessed a sunny disposition and a lovable nature. He was extremely generous and had a warm heart. He is quoted as saying, Anybody can see by the look of me that I am a good-natured sort of fellow. Much of his good nature can be heard in his music, which lives on nearly 200 years after is death in 1809.

Haydn's Visits to England

Haydn's Visits to England
Author: Christopher Hogwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Written by one of the country's foremost specialists in the classical repertoire and an internationally renowned conductor, this book recounts the circumstances surrounding the genesis of some of Haydn's most famous works, including the London Symphonies.

Library Books

Library Books
Author: Los Angeles Public Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1918
Genre:
ISBN:

Joseph Haydn & die "Neue Welt"

Joseph Haydn & die
Author: Walter Reicher
Publisher: Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2019-06-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 3990127675

"Joseph Haydn & die 'Neue Welt'" - dieser Titel mag zunächst irritieren, war Joseph Haydn doch nie in Amerika. Doch bei genauerer Betrachtung überrascht die Vielfalt dieses Themenkomplexes, der zwei große komplementäre Bereiche abdeckt: Zum einen die Fragen, wie Haydn und seine Zeitgenossen Amerika wahrgenommen haben, in welche Diskussionen sie eingebunden waren, welche Bilder aus der fernen Welt von der anderen Seite des Atlantiks in ihren Köpfen vorherrschten und wie sie diese künstlerisch fruchtbar machten. Zum anderen gilt es zu erforschen, wie Haydns Musik in Amerika wahrgenommen wurde und wie sie sich dort verbreitete; welche Werke von anderen Komponisten produktiv aufgegriffen wurden und welche vielleicht auf dem Weg über den großen Teich verloren gingen. Mit Beiträgen von Christine Siegert | Gernot Gruber | Waldemar Zacharasiewicz | Bertil van Boer | Thomas Tolley | Paulo M. Kühl | Kathleen J. Lamkin | Michael E. Ruhling | Bryan Proksch | Thomas Betzwieser | Balázs Mikusi | John A. Rice | Daniel Brandenburg | Josef Pratl | Pierpaolo Polzonetti | Mark Evan Bonds | Peter Király | Walter Reicher

The Life of Haydn

The Life of Haydn
Author: David Wyn Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009-04-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 052189574X

Presenting a fresh perspective on the life and work of Joseph Haydn, this biography probes the darker side of Haydn's personality, his commercial opportunism and double dealing, his penny-pinching and his troubled marriage.