By: Allyssa Moeder
Who is Joseph Haydn? Joseph Haydn was a Austrian composer. He was one of the most important classical music composers in the 18th century. Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria on March 31 in 1732. Haydn passed away in Vienna, on May 31, in 1809. So, if you put the math together he lived a whole 77 years. The reason he was so important was because he was one of the many people that helped establish the styles and forms of the symphonies and string quartets.
Haydn was Married to Maria Anna Keller. With Maria, Joseph Haydn had 4 children, their names were Alois, Anton, Nikolaus and Polzelli. Joseph Haydn’s parents were Mathias Haydn and Maria Haydn. His dad was a wheelwright which is, according to “Wheelwright.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Jan. 2018, …show more content…
He brought up the musical program and showed it wonders. He enlarged the princes ensembles by critiquing them very well. He also had a wide variety of singer and instrumentalist.
One of the songs I listened to, that was composed by Joseph Haydn was, symphony No. 78 in C-Minor. This song has all orchestra in it. It is in Minor only, and it has disumendos and crescendos. Also it has accents and uses adagio. This piece uses from pp-ff. I like this piece, it is very serious and seems like it would be fun to play. I like how it goes from soft to loud and loud to soft. It is very mysterious and I like that about it.
Another song that I listened to by Joseph Haydn was called String quartet OP. No.1. This piece is in major and minor. It also, has disumendos and crescendos. It uses allegro. This piece is a very soft and loud peice, it uses p-f and it is very dramatic. I think this piece could possibly be played at a funeral or in like a church service. I like this piece because it is very just calming and sad. It would probably give me goosebumps if I could play this song. It is very