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France Joseph Haydn was born on Mach 31, 1732 in Rohrau Austria and died May 31, 1809. His parents were Mathias Haydn and Maria Haydn. Both of his parents, especially his father loved music and Mathias was also a folk musician who had taught himself to play the harp.As a young child, he learned to play various musical instruments, his talents got him noticed by Georg von Reutter, the musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, and he invited Joseph to serve as a chorister in Vienna’s most important church. He moved to Vienna in 1740 and stayed at the choir school for nine years during which he acquired a lot of practical knowledge through performing. By 1749 his voice broke and he was no longer able to sing high choral parts. Around …show more content…

The development of sonata form into a subtle and flexible mode of musical expression, which became the dominant force in Classical musical thought, was based foremost on Haydn and those who followed his ideas. His sense of formal inventiveness also lead him to integrate the fugue into the classical style, and to enrich the rondo form with more cohesive tonal logic. Haydn was respected, adored, and beloved by all. Publishing companies compiled volumes of his collected works. Haydn continued to compose until 1803, when he formally retired. In 1808, Haydn attended his final concert, which happened to be his oratorio, The Creation-under the direction of Italian composer Antonio Salieri. While Haydn lay dying in May 1809, Napoleon’s forces invaded the city of Vienna. The composer was in no danger from Napoleon, however, Haydn’s fame was so great that the emperor posted an honor guard outside of the composer’s house. Haydn remained inside the house, protected by the guard, until his death on May 31. In June, Mozart’s Requiem was performed in Haydn’s

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