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Born: March 31, 1732 – Rohrau, Austria Died: May 31, 1809 – Vienna

Childhood: Haydn had a spectacular voice and his musicality was precise. Johann Franc, impressed by Haydn’s voice, insisted that Haydn’s parents allow Haydn to live with him to study music. Franc was a school principal and the choir director of a church in Hainburg. Haydn’s parents allowed him to go in hopes that he would amount to something very special. Haydn studied mostly music, but also Latin, writing, arithmetic, and religion. Haydn spent most of his childhood singing in church choirs.



Teenage Years: Haydn trained his younger brother Michael when he joined the choir school three years later; it was customary for the older choirboys to instruct the younger ones. Although great Haydn's voice was, he lost it when he went through puberty. Michael, who also had a beautiful voice, received the attention Haydn was used to getting. Haydn was dismissed from the school when he was 18.

Mid Adult Years: In 1761, Haydn began his lifelong relationship with the wealthiest family among Hungarian nobility, the Esterhazy family. Haydn spent nearly 30 years of his life here. He was hired as vice-Kapellmeister earning 400 gulden a year, and as time went on, his salary increased as well as his ranking within the court. His music became widely popular.

Late Adult Years: From 1791, Haydn spent four years in London composing music and experiencing life outside the royal court. His time in London was the high point of his career. He earned nearly 24,000 gulden in a single year (the sum of his combined salary of nearly 20 years as Kapellmeister). Haydn spent the last years of his life in Vienna composing only vocal pieces such as masses and oratorios. Haydn passed away in the middle of the night from old age. Mozart’s Requiem was performed at his funeral.

Franz Joseph Haydn wrote 104 symphonies,50 concertos, 84 string quartets,24 stage works, and 12 Masses, among numerous other works.

Franz joseph Haydn was one of 12 children. Franz was the the 2ed oldest child he lived with his large family in a tiny village in Austria. he sang in a choir at St.Stephen's when he was a boy


 *  Friendship with Mozart[[image:http://67.220.225.100/~oboe3583/ambache/Mozart1.JPG width="123" height="200" align="right" caption="Mozart"]][[image:http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/pop_artists/DRP500/P545/P54572AD33O.jpg width="191" height="213" align="right" caption="Haydn"]]

Back in Vienna Haydn was very glad to see his friend Wolfgang Mozart.Haydn belived Mozart to be the greates composer of all and they both enjoyed playing each other's comositions. **

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