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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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Vienna's musical highlights
In 2009 Joseph Haydn’s music is being heard all over Vienna: at Theater an der Wien, at the city’s most beautiful concert houses, at the House of Music, at Mozart House and at St. Michael’s Church.
Vienna: Music Program
Sopron: Haydn as Regular Guest
On his way from Eisenstadt to Eszterháza, Count Estherházy’s Hungarian version of Versailles palace, Count Nikolaus often stopped over in Sopron. Traveling with him was his Kapellmeister Joseph Haydn.
Sopron: Haydn as Regular Guest
Burgenland: The Stations of his Work
Joseph Haydn had strong connections with Eisenstadt. The famous master composer lived and worked in this city as Hofkapellmeister under Esterházy patronage.
Burgenland: The Stations of his Work
In the Services of Esterházy
In 1761 Haydn made a lucky career move: he entered the services of the rich Esterházy family in Eisenstadt.
In the Services of Esterházy
