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Franz Joseph Haydn: Works
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Overall, Haydn seemed to have benefited from the patronage system. At the Esterhazy mansion, he had his own room to live, 30 years of financial stability, and whatever he wrote, the princes liked. Both at the Esterhazy and Salomon estates, he enjoyed working with a large orchestra. The patronage system was a big advantage for Haydn.
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The Creation is considered Joseph Haydn's greatest work. He spent relentlessly working on this oratorio just before the turn of the 19th century. Hayden, of the time he was working on this enormous composition, said: (The World of the Oratorio by Kurt Pahlen, Scolar Press, 1990)
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Haydn composed nearly fifty keyboard sonatas, the earlier intended for harpsichord and the last for the newly developed hammer-action fortepiano. The final works in this form include the so-called English Sonata in C major, written in 1795 during Haydn's second visit to London.
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Haydn was known among his contemporaries for his kindly, optimistic, and congenial personality. He had a robust sense of humour, evident in his love of practical jokes and often apparent in his music. He was particularly respected by the Eszterházy court musicians whom he supervised, as he maintained a cordial working atmosphere and effectively represented the musicians' interests with their employer, Papa Haydn.
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Haydn was ... a good businessman. Music publishing made him and his music famous all over Europe. After he retired from working for the Esterhazy family, Haydn made two very successful trips to England, where audiences at concerts of his music treated him like a superstar.
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Haydn's early work dates from a period in which the compositional style of the High Baroque (seen in Bach and Handel) had gone out of fashion. This was a period of exploration and uncertainty, and Haydn, born 18 years before the death of Bach, was himself one of the musical explorers of this time.[39] An older contemporary whose work Haydn acknowledged as an important influence was Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.[40]
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