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Joseph Haydn: Works
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By the 1770s, Haydn's fame had begun to spread throughout Europe. In 1781, Haydn met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met in Vienna, and the two immediately became close friends. Haydn ... briefly taught Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna. Their different personalities made this meeting unrewarding, but Beethoven was a great admirer of Haydn's works.
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Haydn's work was central to the development of what came to be called sonata form. His practice... differed in some ways from that of Mozart and Beethoven, his younger contemporaries who likewise excelled in this form of composition. Haydn was particularly fond of the so-called "monothematic exposition", in which the music that establishes the dominant key is similar or identical to the opening theme. Haydn also differs from Mozart and Beethoven in his recapitulation sections, where he often rearranges the order of themes compared to the exposition and uses extensive thematic development.[38]
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Haydn's legacy of music is enormous. Although works such as the symphony were shorter in those days he composed more than a hundred whereas many later proponents of the Symphony rarely got into double figures. Although he composed some choral works, the core of his output was very much instrumental music, ranging from chamber to orchestral works. Among his better known works are the following, though there is some doubt about the exact number of works written in some categories:
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During the nearly thirty years that Haydn worked at the Esterházy court, he produced a flood of compositions, and his musical style continued to develop. His popularity in the outside world ... increased. Gradually, Haydn came to write as much for publication as for his employer, and several important works of this period, such as the Paris symphonies (1785–1786) and the original orchestral version of The Seven Last Words of Christ (1786), were commissions from abroad.
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This first edition of the Haydn Sales Manual tells you which of the master’s works you will be able to hear in 2009, and where you will be able to retrace his footsteps. It provides a first preview of the program of events at the locations where Haydn’s music was born, being prepared for Haydn Year 2009.
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Although nearly two dozen have been discovered since World War II, the number of concertos composed by Haydn is surprisingly small given his enormous output of other works. In this respect he was unlike Mozart, who for periods of time made his living as a virtuoso pianist and needed vehicles with which to display his skills. Never a star performer, Haydn had his hands full with his duties at Prince Esterházy’s court and had no need to drum up business.
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