Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

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Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Joseph Haydn is every bit the equal of Mozart and Beethoven but loses out in popular appeal because he was so prolific. Very few of his invariably excellent pieces stand out from the crowd the way ...

This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. And they haven’t made a famous film about him.

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares the pieces by Joseph Haydn, also known as “the king of strings,” that mean the most to him. A playlist is available where ...

Stephen Moss by the Welcome to Eisenstadt (Haydnstadt) sign, Austria. Photograph: David Levene/Guardian Joseph Haydn's problem is that he didn't die young or go deaf. He survived until he was 77 and ...

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

A friend and mentor of Mozart and tutor of Beethoven, he is often referred to as the “Father of the Symphony” and the “Father of the String Quartet”. He began his career as a private composer for a ...