In fact, Franz Joseph Haydn led a respectable, relatively quiet life, simply turning out one masterpiece after another. He was born to working-class parents in a small village in Austria. At a young ...

After 13 Years, a Zesty Haydn Survey Makes Its Mark Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has released a rare, 11-volume collection of the composer’s 62 piano sonatas. By David Allen ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer and one of the most prolific and prominent musicians of the Classical period. He wrote 107 symphonies, 83 string quartets, 45 piano trios, 62 ...

In the two quartets of Opus 77, composed in 1799 when Haydn was 67 years old, the mastery is complete . . . not only over the musical material, but over us, the listeners.

Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of ...

If it weren’t for Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn would be the most famous composer of the Classical era. And yet, Haydn and Mozart were friends and mutual admirers, and Beethoven studied composition with ...

Franz Joseph Haydn was a composer of the Classical period, and he might be the most underappreciated composer by modern listeners. The BSO performed two of his symphonies — the 48th and the 99th.

Symphony of the Americas will perform the music of Franz-Joseph Haydn, conducted by Artistic Director Pablo Mielgo, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7:45 pm at Amaturo Theater.

Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major is performed by conductor Daniel Hege and the Oregon Symphony, in concert at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. This Symphony is ...

After having heard the rendition of Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross " last Friday, Pope Benedict XVI called it "an example among the most sublime, in the musical ...

If it weren’t for Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn would be the most famous composer of the Classical era. And yet, Haydn and Mozart were friends and mutual admirers, and Beethoven studied composition with ...