Joseph Haydn

E58889

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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Joseph Haydn canonical 53
Franz Joseph Haydn 4
Haydn 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

String Quartets, Op. 33 composer Joseph Haydn
String Quartets, Op. 33 composer Joseph Haydn
this entity surface form: Franz Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn sibling Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn relative Joseph Haydn
this entity surface form: Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartets, Op. 76 composer Joseph Haydn
Johann Evangelist Haydn sibling Joseph Haydn
Johann Evangelist Haydn relative Joseph Haydn
Symphonies isAssociatedWithComposer Joseph Haydn
subject surface form: Symphony