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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Michael Haydn, Johann Evangelist Haydn, Gottfried van Swieten, House of Esterhazy, Haydn and Mozart, Mathias Haydn, Double variation, Ignaz Pleyel, Maria Anna von Genzinger, Haydn and folk music, Nikolaus II, Prince Esterhazy, Rebecca Schroeter, Nikolaus Esterhazy, Gregor Werner, List of residences of Joseph Haydn, Marianne von Martinez, Karl Geiringer, Albert Christoph Dies, Count Morzin, Luigia Polzelli, Joseph Haydn's ethnicity, Anton Esterhazy, Maria Wilhelmine Thun, Baryton, Autobiographical sketch, Gesellschaft der Associierten, Haydn's head, Georg August Griesinger, Therese Jansen Bartolozzi, Eszterhaza, Nancy Storace, Ludwig Guttenbrunn, Georg Reutter II, Johann Peter Salomon, Rohrau, Austria, Michael von Puchberg, Elaine Sisman, H. C. Robbins Landon, Papa Haydn, Dolni Lukavice, Paul II Anton Esterhazy, Artaria, Barbara Ployer, James Webster, Anthony van Hoboken, Franjo Kuhač, Morzin Palace. Excerpt: Franz Joseph Haydn (31 March 1732 - 31 May 1809), known as Joseph Haydn (German pronunciation: English: ), was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms. He was also instrumental in the development of the piano trio and in the evolution of sonata form. A lifelong resident of Austria, Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterhazy family on their remote estate. Isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his long life, he was, as he put it, "forced to become original." At the time of his death, he was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe. Joseph Haydn was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a highly regarded composer, and Johann Evangelist Haydn, a teno...
