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, ...

Haydn is known as ‘the father of the string quartet’ because he was the first to compose four-part music for two violins, a viola and a cello on a regular basis. Beethoven was so overawed by ...

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 ...

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?

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.

On Feb. 20, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave one of their odder concerts of the season. Featuring guest conductor Alan T. Gilbert ’89 and solo violinist Isabelle Faust, the BSO performed ...

A new concert series is about to be presented as part of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra’s spring agenda. Premiere 4 will tour Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos on March 19, 20 and 21, featuring a repertoire ...

It's that time of year in Berlin again, when the who's who of the classical music scene don their best and enjoy a weekend of ...

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

Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus will play Franz Joseph Haydn’s St. Cecilia Mass and the Coronation Mass by W.A.