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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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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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
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.
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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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