Like it or not, we live in a time of anxious uncertainty. It is easy to think of earlier times as being calmer and less ...

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, ...

Among the winners is the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, receiving the Opus Klassik in the best orchestra category for a ...

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children. His brother Michael, born five years later, also became a composer. Where did the music come from?

L'Isola disabitata by Joseph Haydn is now being performed at Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen. Learn more about the show and ...

After Haydn’s voice broke Queen Maria Theresa apparently reported that, while Michael sang beautifully, Franz Joseph sang ‘like a crow’. Haydn’s dismissal from the choir would have been on ...

The Spokane String Quartet's March 2025 concert features music of Joseph Haydn from a time he was experimenting with and ...

Joseph Haydn was an Austrian musician who spent most of his career in the service of an aristocratic family in Hungary but became one of the most famous and well-respected composers of his time.

From the 18th century is Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet No. 33 in G Minor. Haydn is often said to be the “father of the string quartet” with his array of innovative pieces that not only ...

March 1, 2025 • A new album by artists including Kate Bush and Imogen Heap protesting proposed changes to AI copyright laws is the latest in a history of musicians using silence to protest ...