Franz Joseph Haydn was a Classical composer. He was born on April 1, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. Died on May 31, 1809 in Vienna, Austria, he died at the age of 77. When he was 8 years old he was recruited to sing in a choir for St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. His parents were Matthias Haydn and Maria Haydn, he had 4 siblings there names were Michael Haydn, Johann Evangelist Haydn, Franziska Haydn, and Anna Katherina Haydn. Franz was married to Maria Anna Aloysia Keller, they had one son his name was Alois Anton Nikolaus Palzelli. When Franz parents learned that he had musical talents they sent him him away to live with a close relative his name was Johann Matthias Franck. Franz never lived with his parents again.
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People loved Franz’s music it meant a lot to people he played nice calm music and people loved listening to it. To me the music is a beautiful piece of art you can hear the different types of instruments he plays. One of the most popular pieces written by Franz was a concerto. Franz prefered to perform large choral work but got requested from the trumpeter in the Vienna Court Orchestra named Anton Weidinger. He performed the piece and then became one of his best pieces. He loved playing music he also loved how everyone loved listening to it. He also liked how people came to watch him perform and they enjoyed themselves.
Franz music was portrayed all through his life people. His music is still listened to today. When Franz died it was a devastation to mostly everyone he was one of the most popular musician of that time. People remembered him even when he has been dead for years now. He is stilled loved by many people today. His music still gets perform in bands and is still listened to by others.
1791–2, depicts Haydn c. 1770Chapter 3 Franz used a violin in many of his pieces but he also used the piano. In most of his most popular pieces he used the violin. In very few he used the piano people still loved his work with the piano just prefered violin. He was a very talented violinist, Also pianist. He was a classical musician. He didn’t use any voices when he perform which really caused the instruments to stick out which was very popular at the time of the classical time period. He had great tempo and dynamics when he performed.