Born in Rohrau, Lower Austria, March 31, 1732
Died in Vienna, May 31, 1809
What’s Haydn’s Name?
- He was baptized Franciscus Josephus (Franz Joseph) Haydn, named after two saints whose feast days fell close to his birthday.
- It was common in Austria at the time to give children two names and primarily use the second. Haydn rarely used the name Franz.1
- Fun fact: His childhood nickname was Sepperl (“Sepp” from baby attempts to pronounce Joseph, “-erl” being an Austrian diminutive, cf. Mozart’s sister’s nickname Nannerl)2
Sources
- David Wyn Jones, The Life of Haydn (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 3.
- Karl Geiringer, Joseph Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Berkely: University of California Press, 1983), 10.
Pieces
- Acide e Galatea
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major
- Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon): Overture
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Hob.XVIII:4
- Piano Sonata No. 35 in A-flat Major, Hob.XVI:43
- Piano Sonata No. 58 in C Major, Hob.XVI:48
- Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob.XV:25
- Serenade from Quartet Op. 3, No. 5
- String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 “Lark”
- String Quartets, Op. 33
- String Quartets, Op. 76
- Symphony No. 101 in D Major, “Clock”
- Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major
- Symphony No. 103, in E-flat Major, “Drumroll”
- Symphony No. 104 in D Major
- Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat Major, “The Philosopher”
- Symphony No. 24 in D Major
- Symphony No. 26 in d minor, “Lamentatione”
- Symphony No. 49 in f minor, “La passione”
- Symphony No. 50 in C Major
- Symphony No. 92 in G Major, “Oxford”
- Symphony No. 94 in G Major, “Surprise”
- Symphony No. 95 in c minor
- Symphony No. 99 in E-flat Major
- Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1