Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

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Franz Joseph Haydn(1732-1809)

• Born in Austria
• Early musical training at age 6
• Trained as choirboy, harpsichordist and
  violinist.
• Age 8 recruited to Viennese Boys Choir
• Age 17, began freelancing career
• Worked at teacher, accompanist and street
  musician
• Self-taught on composition, harmony and
  counterpoint

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Franz Joseph Haydn(1732-1809)

• Successful compositions brought fame and
  notoriety.
• Soon was being patronized which brought money and
  new employment opportunities
• 1760 married
• 1761 Kapellmeister to the Esterhazy family
• Composer (on request), performer, orchestra
  director, coach, music librarian, producing the
  operas, etc.
• Family loved music and supported Haydn.

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Franz Joseph Haydn(1732-1809)

• Stayed at Esterhazy 30 years
• Many compositions which helped develop personal
  style, and were heard frequently
• Positive and negative
• Very popular throughout Europe
• Honored in Europe by Royal Family, Oxford
• Beethoven traveled to study with him
• Developed genre of Symphony and String Quartet

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
January 27, 1756 December 5, 1791
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Life

• Born Salzburg, Austria
• Child Prodigy
• Piano at age 3
• violin, composing at age 5
• Composing, orchestration, transcriptions from
  memory.
• Taught by Father, Leopold
• 1762-1773
• Tours exhibiting children (Age 7)
• Acquainted with other composers

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Life

• Salzburg (1773-1781)
• Employed by the Court
• Very Popular
• Composed in many genres
• Beginning of standard works
• Discontent with job
• Vienna (1781-1791)
• Free-lance musician
• "The Abduction from the Seraglio brought extreme
  fame
• Marriage
• Friendship with Haydn
• Successful concerts, Financial stability

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Life

• 1786 Career shifted from performer to composer
  of opera.
• Lorenzo da Ponte (librettist)
• Marriage of Figaro (1786)
• Don Giovanni (1787)
• Cosi fan tutte (1790)
• Decline in income (Austrian War)
• Composition of final symphonies (39-41)

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Significant Works

• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• Concerti
• Esp. Wind Concerti
• Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn
• Symphony No. 40
• Requiem
• Operas
• Marriage of Figaro (1786)
• Don Giovanni (1787)
• Cosi fan tutte (1790)
• The Magic Flute (1791)