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Joseph Haydn

Mikayla Tate Period 3 Deutsch 2. Joseph Haydn. Early Life of Haydn. He was born on April 1,1732 in Rohrau , Austria. (Located Lower Austria) His real Birth name was Franz Joseph Haydn. His nickname was “papa” **explanation is later on…. How it started. Haydn had a hard child hood.

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Joseph Haydn

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  1. Mikayla Tate Period 3 Deutsch 2 JosephHaydn

  2. Early Life of Haydn • He was born on April 1,1732 in Rohrau, Austria. (Located Lower Austria) • His real Birth name was Franz Joseph Haydn. • His nickname was “papa” • **explanation is later on…

  3. How it started. • Haydn had a hard child hood. • He made his money by singing in choir. Once his voice broke, he had to make money by playing dance music and being a butler. • Haydn had to do all this at the age of 6.

  4. Moving up in the world. • Haydn was employed later on as a “Kapellmeister” for his famous works. • He was employed by Fuerst Esterhazy in Eisenstabt in 1761. • Haydn worked for him for the next thirty years, serving him and composing. **For working and taking care of others, they began calling him “Papa Haydn”

  5. The maturing artist. • Growing up with the Esterhazy family, he became more popular, as well as his music. • Two important pieces came from him in this time era. The Paris symphonies written between 1785-1786 and “The Seven Last Words of Christ”(1786) • Haydn began to feel alone and missed his live back in Vienna. • The new Esterhazy prince aloud him to go back to his old life.

  6. In later years. • He married a woman named Maria Anna Keller. (November 26, 1760-1800)(her death) • They had no children of their own but Haydn had an illegitimate son. • His name was Alois Anton Nikolaus Polzelli, born April 22, 1783. He was a soprano for the Luigia Polzelli.

  7. A true influence. • His music influenced Mozart(a good friend of his) • His very own student, Ludwig van Beethoven. • And many others. Beethoven Mozart

  8. In the end… • With his health not doing so well, he returns to London to try continue composing. • Haydn stopped composing in 1803. • His last words were from his favorite song, “Gone is all my strength, I am old and weak.” • Haydn died in Vienna on May 31, 1809.

  9. A piece of his music • “The Seven Last Words of Christ” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPchmU-pB4

  10. Cites • http://www.biography.com/people/franz-joseph-haydn-9332156 • http://www.classicalarchives.com/haydn.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370817/bio • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPchmU-pB4

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