Kylee Kerhulas
Mr. Ousley
Music Appreciation
2 February 2017
Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn was an eighteenth century Austrian composer of the Classical period. Haydn was born March 31, 1732; in Rohrau, Austria to Mathias and Maria Haydn. Haydn displayed musical talent at an early age and his parent sent him to be an apprentice to Johann Matthias Franck, the schoolmaster and choirmaster in Hainburg, to train as a musician. He learned to play both harpsichord and violin and received basic training. Hadyn would soon sing soprano parts in the Hainburg church choir. His talent was noticed by a musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Georg von Reutter, in Vienna. Georg von Reutter invited Hadyn to be a chorister. Haydn moved to Vienna …show more content…
The two would often play string quartets together. Mozart spent three years (1782-1785) producing a set of six string quartets that he would dedicated to Haydn. One of Haydn's important innovations, which was adopted by Mozart and Beethoven, was to make the moment of transition the focus of tremendous creativity, instead of using stock devices to make the transition. During Beethoven’s 'Middle period', he intensified Haydn's practice, joining the musical structure to tight small motifs, often by gradually reshaping both the work and the motifs so that they fit together …show more content…
The visits to England generated some of Haydn's best-known work, including the “Surprise”, “Military”, “Drumroll”, and “London” symphonies, the 'Rider' quartet, and the “Gypsy Rondo” piano trio. He returned to Vienna and composed a large amount of religious works for chorus and orchestra; including: his two great oratorios “The Creation” and The Seasons and six masses for the Eszterházy family. Haydn composed the last nine in his long series of string quartets, including the “Emperor”, “Sunrise”, and “Fifths”
Mr. Ousley
Music Appreciation
2 February 2017
Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn was an eighteenth century Austrian composer of the Classical period. Haydn was born March 31, 1732; in Rohrau, Austria to Mathias and Maria Haydn. Haydn displayed musical talent at an early age and his parent sent him to be an apprentice to Johann Matthias Franck, the schoolmaster and choirmaster in Hainburg, to train as a musician. He learned to play both harpsichord and violin and received basic training. Hadyn would soon sing soprano parts in the Hainburg church choir. His talent was noticed by a musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Georg von Reutter, in Vienna. Georg von Reutter invited Hadyn to be a chorister. Haydn moved to Vienna …show more content…
The two would often play string quartets together. Mozart spent three years (1782-1785) producing a set of six string quartets that he would dedicated to Haydn. One of Haydn's important innovations, which was adopted by Mozart and Beethoven, was to make the moment of transition the focus of tremendous creativity, instead of using stock devices to make the transition. During Beethoven’s 'Middle period', he intensified Haydn's practice, joining the musical structure to tight small motifs, often by gradually reshaping both the work and the motifs so that they fit together …show more content…
The visits to England generated some of Haydn's best-known work, including the “Surprise”, “Military”, “Drumroll”, and “London” symphonies, the 'Rider' quartet, and the “Gypsy Rondo” piano trio. He returned to Vienna and composed a large amount of religious works for chorus and orchestra; including: his two great oratorios “The Creation” and The Seasons and six masses for the Eszterházy family. Haydn composed the last nine in his long series of string quartets, including the “Emperor”, “Sunrise”, and “Fifths”