Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Readers of this column may recall the cult-like group that gathered on the social media platform Bluesky, determined to ...

After Haydn’s voice broke Queen Maria Theresa apparently reported that, while Michael sang beautifully, Franz Joseph sang ... Many more of Haydn’s symphonies have been given posthumous ...

In this short film Howard Goodall analyses 18th century music, Joseph Haydn ... exploring his symphonies and operas, and his relationship to his contemporaries, Haydn and Beethoven.

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children ... The turning-point in his life came in 1761 when Prince Anton Esterházy, who’d heard one of Haydn’s ...