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Music β€Ί Composers β€Ί Haydn

Joseph Haydn

1732 to 1809. A composer who wrote lots of symphonies.

Three facts about Haydn

  1. Haydn wrote more than 100 symphonies. People call him the Father of the Symphony.
  2. His Surprise Symphony has a quiet, gentle part. Then, all of a sudden, comes a big loud chord!
  3. At the end of his Farewell Symphony, the players stop one by one, put out their candles and leave. It was a hint that they wanted to go home.

Haydn’s famous music

Surprise Symphony (1791). Hear famous pieces played by Peabody’s band on the listening maps.

Where Haydn lived

Haydn did their best-known work in Eisenstadt, in Austria. 🌍 Fly there on the globe

Can you remember?

What happens in the Surprise Symphony?

For grown-ups: where these facts come from

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