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2009 Year of Haydn
Who is Joseph Haydn? His contemporaries would have found that an easy question to answer: At the time he was the greatest, most famous, and most eminent composer of his era. His grandiose lifework, more than 1,200 compositions, definitely makes him a “Master of the Vienna Classic.
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Video Clip "Haydn 2009"
Let yourself be carried away by Joseph Haydn’s music on a journey to the places where it was composed and with impressions from further Haydn venues in Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Sopron.
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Joseph Haydn: Life and Works
Joseph Haydn was a very beloved person, esteemed by his contemporaries, diligent, humorous, affable, and a straight shooter who was not spoiled by his steep climb from humble conditions into the highest social circles.
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Haydn Podcast
For the 2009 Haydn Year Radio Österreich 1 produced a podcast documenting Joseph Haydn’s stations in life. Follow Joseph Haydn’s journey through Europe in 44 parts.
Haydn Podcast
Vienna: Haydn for Experts
Attentive Vienna visitors will find traces of Haydn at almost every step: from the Esterházy Palace to the relief on the memorial of Empress Maria Theresia.
Vienna: Haydn for Experts
Events: Experiencing Haydn 2009
"Papa Haydn" enjoys unbowed popularity till these days: For example every year the Haydn Festival draws music lovers all over the world, Vienna's Theater an der Wien will stage a Haydn opera and more …
Events during the Haydn Year 2009
Vienna: Haydn at every Step
Haydn House, Mozart House and St. Stephen’s Cathedral are some of the original venues in Vienna. Visit Haydn’s memorial in Mariahilfer Straße and see – or even hear! – Haydn at the historic Anker Clock!
Vienna: Haydn at every Step
Sites: Following Haydn through Austria
To Mozart he was a fatherly friend, Beethoven was his most famous student. Numerous sites in Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Sopron attest to the life of the then and now so popular composer Joseph Haydn.
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