Joseph Haydn

The difference between Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are first Haydn was born in 1732 in a tiny Austrian village called Rohrau, Mozart was born in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria, and Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. They all have many different lives they lived. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was conceived in a small Austrian town called Roharu. Until he was six, his musical foundation comprised of folksongs and laborer moves (which later had an impact on his style). Hayden's excited reaction to…

he could teach Beethoven, Beethoven returned to Vienna once again to seek a new teacher, Joseph Haydn, who was another brilliant Classical composer. Beethoven hoped he could “receive Mozart’s spirit from Haydn’s hands”, but sadly, Haydn wasn’t such a great teacher. According to Beachy, a previous composition major at West Virginia University who studied Beethoven’s influences from a pedagogical standpoint, Haydn neglected to fix Beethoven’s mistakes and bad compositional habits, which fostered…

using unusual, unexpected progress and the finale of this piece great example that Haydn tried to play with both players’ and listeners’ expectations in purpose. Gretchen A. Wheelock says that “the finale of the E-flat Major Quartet (familiar to many as the “Joke”), provides a leading case in illustrating gestures that exceed the exclusivity of private exchange among players.” Wheelock also suggests that “[Haydn tricks] the listener to offer progressively less stable conclusions—and in the end…

four measures, while clearly galant, contains a theme that is undoubtedly very fugal. One important part of the learned nature of this theme is its sacred qualities. Composers who used this “Fux” theme, aside from Mozart’s contemporaries such as both Haydns, also include sacred music composers such as Handel, Bach, and even earlier figures like Josquin and Palestrina. The C-D-F-E theme can be seen verbatim in Josquin’s Missa Pange Lingua. In Kyrie, C-D-F-E accompanies “Christe eleison” as it is…

“Surprise” and “String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, second movement”, both by Franz Joseph Haydn, are the two works of music compared in this paper. Both the musical pieces are from the classical era, but have different genres. “Surprise” is a symphony, and the second musical piece is a string quartet. A string quartet by definition, includes four instruments, a cello, a viola and two violins. A symphony might include many groups of instruments, i.e. brass violins, piano, and stringed…

Ludwig Van Beethoven was a great German composer and musical figure during the period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He was born on or about December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne, to mother Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and father Johann van Beethoven. His real birth date in unknown but he was baptized on December 17, 1770 and by law and custom babies were baptized within 24 hours of birth so it was assumed that he was born on December 16. He himself…

He then had to return to Bonn to look after his mother, who died shortly after he came back. His father then died in 1792. After that he went back to Vienna to study with the composer Joseph Haydn. In 1795 his first published works appeared, officially launching his career as a composer. He was one of the first musicians in history who was able to live independently on his music salary. One of his brothers, Kaspar van Beethoven, died from…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a famous Austrian composer who earned world fame and became one of the most influential music writers all over the world. He had an extraordinary talent and left a large footprint in the history of classical music. Mozart is famous for writing his first acknowledged works when he still was a child. At the age of eight he wrote his first symphony and when he was 12 years old he already created his first opera. Mozart has got musical training in piano and violin from his…

Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809) Symphony No. 40 in F major, 3rd movement - ‘Menuet e Trio’ Haydn was a master at composing symphonies with about 107 symphonies under his name ; all of which have some value to the musical landscape during the 18th century. Haydn was the forerunner which laid the foundations of the symphonic form for composers who came after him. For example, according to Wenborn, N (1997: 31) the four note theme used by Haydn in his 13th symphony was the same theme which Mozart used…

trend of adopting opera sinfonia for concert use emerged in the 1720s and 30s and soon, composers such as Giovanni Battista Sammartini and Johann Stamitz began composing symphonies as an independent work. Three symphonies from Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven will be used in this paper to compare four elements –movement structure, length of the first movement, instrumentation and the compositional techniques used…