Joseph Haydn

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Austrian person Classical-era composer composer human

Joseph Haydn was an influential Austrian Classical-era composer, often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet," whose work helped shape the development of Western art music.

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instanceOf Austrian person ⓘ
Classical-era composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Bergkirche, Eisenstadt ⓘ
citizenship Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
countryOfBirth Austria ⓘ
countryOfDeath Austria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1732-03-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1809-05-31 ⓘ
employer Esterházy family ⓘ
era Classical period ⓘ
familyName Joseph Haydn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Haydn
fullName Joseph Haydn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Franz Joseph Haydn
genre mass ⓘ
opera ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
givenName Franz ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
influenced Franz Schubert ⓘ
Johannes Brahms ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Western classical music ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque music ⓘ
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movement Classical music ⓘ
nickname Father of the String Quartet ⓘ
Father of the Symphony ⓘ
notableAchievement helped develop the string quartet as a major chamber music form ⓘ
helped establish the formal structure of the symphony ⓘ
notableWork Emperor Quartet ⓘ
London Symphonies ⓘ
Nelson Mass ⓘ
String Quartets, Op. 33 ⓘ
String Quartets, Op. 76 ⓘ
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" ⓘ
Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" ⓘ
Symphony No. 94 in G major "Surprise" ⓘ
The Creation ⓘ
The Seasons ⓘ
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major ⓘ
occupation Kapellmeister ⓘ
composer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rohrau ⓘ
placeOfDeath Vienna ⓘ
positionHeld Kapellmeister to the Esterházy family ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Eisenstadt ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Johann Evangelist Haydn ⓘ
Michael Haydn ⓘ
spouse Maria Anna Aloysia Apollonia Keller ⓘ
student Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ

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Sturm und Drang → hasNotableComposer → Joseph Haydn ⓘ
Te Deum → hasNotableSettingBy → Joseph Haydn ⓘ
George Frideric Handel → influenced → Joseph Haydn ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven → influencedBy → Joseph Haydn ⓘ
House of Lobkowicz → patronOf → Joseph Haydn ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven → teacher → Joseph Haydn ⓘ