A Brief History of Franz Joseph Haydn

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[@aydnofastro-action1788]

100 symphonies, 50 Piano sonatas, 64 string quartets. He was no slacker. “Where Haydn is nothing can hurt you!” Funny that’s the feeling I get when listening to his music. He creates a pure escape, never too heavy. Always life affirming.

[@gillesstanek335]

Here's an interesting anecdote I read a long while ago. During one of the lengthy stays of the Esterhazy family in a remote secondary residence, which probably stretched out for months, Haydn's musicians' discontent was growing as they had not been able to see their families in a considerably long while. Joseph, their Kapelmeister came up with an idea to send a quiet, yet direct message home. At a given time, during the performance of a symphony, some of the audience were getting drowsy during the Adagio movement as might have been commonplace, and when came the time for the final Allegro Vivace or Presto, the court could have felt entitled to more lively entertainment, or even a Viennese bang with both wind and percussion instruments. However, shortly after the introduction to the movement, rather than hear a small group of soloists, being joined in by the suddenly increasing sound of added musicians, so as to add intensity to the music, the exact opposite happened... Each of the soloists, gradually began leaving their seats one by one, before exiting the performance hall. Hence, the music slowly yet surely faded and died away, leaving the audience rather astounded and perplexed to say the least; something had clearly not gone according to plan with regard to their leisurely entertainment. Not being used to such treatment on behalf of a group of employees, the court of Esterhazy had been shocked into motion, and it was therefore decided that they would promptly return to their main home residence. Any further stays afar with the court musicians were henceforth considerably briefer than before. This type of passive resistance must certainly have come across more subtley than a modern-day strike. A gentle warning to the employer that if he wished to keep enjoying quality musical performance, then he at least had to treat his players with some form of consideration, even in that day and age.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Great comment about part of the background context to Haydn’s Symphony 45 in f# minor (‘Farewell’), but otherwise, you’ve completely missed the point about one of the greatest symphonies of the 18th century - it is absolutely *not* all about the exiting pantomime. Check out James Webster’s 400 page book on the symphony - in short, it is the greatest work of through-composition and cyclic integration before Beethoven’s 5th.

[@suryaindradhanush]

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[@sk335]

We homeschool our kids and love learning about composers by watching your videos!

[@PianotvNet]

That's awesome! :)

[@quanzhou1407]

Owlls

[@attiaseraphine]

i love your way of discussing something. Thank you for the knowledge!!!

[@lucaszavaluentie4855]

Haydn has the best symphonies! Sometimes I imagine all those symphonies of my own and my imagination’s.

[@pian1sticpeng_in]

Thanks for a vid bout me hahaha

[@franzjosephhaydn294]

Franz Joseph Haydn Well this is awkward...

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart9387]

Franz Joseph Haydn, hello Franz

[@quetzecoatl9924]

@@franzjosephhaydn294 Oof.

[@heathermiller7478]

Unless you can recall the name of the red feathered serpent who guarded Papa when he approached his departure from chrono time to posterity, you sirs are no Franz Joseph Haydn. Aficionados welcome, no posers need apply. A message from one of the skulls of EsterHazy.

[@reginaldlawrence1942]

Great presentation ... I was watching Shawshank Redemption and googled the opera played by Andy DuFresne when he locked himself in the warden's office. One thing lead to another and Haydn's name came up, and realizing I knew nothing about him, I found your wonderful Haydn bio! Thank you for sharing!

[@gabrielschaff2078]

Well researched and presented. Looking forward to hearing the next video on his music.

[@liljazzysmusicappreciation3807]

Haydn....is The Bomb.....your energy is Fabulous!!! Bravo....

[@sugatoof]

God I love you...in a non creepy stalker sort of way of course. Seriously Haydn is one of those composers I didn't care about and literally never listened to. Thanks to you I plan to check him out. Cheers

[@DerrickBoundsMusic]

Haydn's Head, wow!!! Thanks I had no idea!

[@osielescalante2785]

You should do Tchaikovsy and Brahms!

[@octave11thpianist58]

Based off your pfp it seems that you are shouting it 😂

[@quanzhou1407]

Ha ha ha that’s why you don’t want to go to school

[@bikkies]

I think another of the most telling signs of Haydn the man, and Haydn the talent, is his friendship with Mozart. By all accounts, Mozart looked up to him and treated him with respect. For someone like Mozart to look up to another musician and to consider them excellent says just how important and genial he must have been. In fact I have found myself wondering more than once about whether Mozart revered Haydn more than his father Leopold.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Graham Leopold Mozart was his father, whilst Haydn was the only composer of the age of a comparable stature from whom Mozart could learn; so he revered, and indeed loved them both in slightly different ways. It is doubtful that Mozart could have learned much musically from Leopold from being a very little boy; whilst in London between 1764 and 1765, Leopold basically handed over the eight year old boy to JC Bach who lived in the city.

[@mfernandez5743]

Good point

[@parsa.noroozian.counselling]

Awesome video, Haydn is a musician I always know but recently appreciate a lot more because of how transparent and simple yet subtly moving and tickling his music can be, along with his great contributions. Keep on making these! (and if doable, maybe elaborate more on their contributions, style, and things to notice when listening to their music)

[@claudej.smithsr.4548]

Thank you for this bit of information, and you kept my attention.

[@tomwinberry2674]

Thanks. I enjoyed this (my first of your works) and I will be looking for your others. Your look is “easy on the eyes” and I appreciate your light-hearted presentation. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ErichLRuehs]

Great work, PianoTV! As a youth, my parents and paternal grandmother spoke highly of Mr. Haydn. And, whenever his music is on stations such as Portland Classical, I always perk up. BUT, didn't know much about the man behind the music

[@suncloudgct]

Fabulous . . . presentation, research, information and humor and delight!

[@emac543]

Enjoying your video with my son as we homeschool. Your video helped Haydn much more interesting for us.

[@nicholasorton17]

These videos are great, I can't wait to see the next one

[@TrumpetPlayerRayban]

I loooove these videos please post more !

[@christophercrisanti9055]

Awesome presentation ... Very entertaining and educational ! Thank You

[@jeremybeadleslefthand480]

This was a fantastic look into his history. Thank you for sharing it. I have not long started my piano journey, and have been learning an ABRSM Grade 1 version of Movement 2 from Surprise. Knowing that Haydn is a joker makes me see the piece in a completely different light :)

[@superhacker35]

You speak so freely its like back in high school when I didnt study for a test and youre explaining the subject to me right before it starts. Love it

[@sunnysmiles8211]

Great video! Love your educational style!

[@robertmezzio9937]

I have taught my 5th graders a LOT about Ludwig van Beethoven. In fact, I created a study guide for a movie called "Beethoven Lives Upstairs" that they completed while viewing that awesome movie. Since COVID-19, I have been forced to teach them through Google Classrooms and I just did a short unit on W.A. Mozart. After viewing your video on Haydn, I think it would be a good way of connecting all three of these hugely important composers. And I did do a until on Hayden using the "Surprise" symphony and a movement exercise. I had a listening map where they would "tip toe" around the room when they saw a pair of shoes. When they saw a giant "eyeball" the would "freeze" in their position and turn their head in the opposite direction. This was done during the pp section. During the ff section, they had to jump in the air. So, I believe your video would bring all of what I taught them to a "full circle." More people need to know about one of the "good guys" of the great composers in music history. Thanks for taking the time to create and post this very entertaining insight into one of music's sane and together composers!

[@afs4185]

Thank you! great presentation/rundown...

[@AarAalto]

I have been waiting for this channel all my life.

[@michaelmark5062]

Wow, thanks for the information!

[@jaennickel9386]

You make it so much more fun to learn about these composers, thx

[@carriecooley5274]

This was so helpful for my group music class, now that we're online. Thank you!

[@cameronclarno9628]

Thank you so much for all your great videos. They have helped alot during this time of Covid while we can't sing during class. Keep them coming.

[@marciaschonke5385]

You made music history come alive. Well done!

[@devwhite22]

Terrifically well done; excellent explanation!

[@keepsaek]

I'm playing the piece that's in the beginning (the Sonata in Eb major) and I had a major freak out of fangirldom.

[@PianotvNet]

+Tal Dobrer That is some awesome synchronicity!

[@joshuanesbit]

Tal Dobrer same!

[@SolitaryShowGoer]

Thank you 😍

[@ascentqalaa6800]

I study music and have a test about Joseph Haydn this helped allot, awesome tnx!!

[@nipusal]

Thank you🤗😁

[@joannsutherland6078]

Thank you

[@avery9972]

Thank you so much for helping me with my music composer report about Franz :)

[@aaaadupachujchuj]

lets play haydn-seek

[@mitchellmeyers8261]

with his head

[@btscolors5318]

Hide seek

[@lindaasheim1529]

Thanks for this video, you really saved me. I have a test about him tomorrow. Finally i learned something

[@PianotvNet]

Glad to hear it :)

[@darrenfreeman4936]

Great video!

[@lordkorner]

She's super pumped up, so I'll leave it there.

[@medardbitangimana4580]

He reminds me of the mathematician Leonhard Euler who was also extremely prolific discovering numerous mundane (everyday) mathematical formulas and lived a long "boring" life.

[@MrGilbertGambucci]

Would you consider doing one about Scriabin - such a highly romantic and yet so odly strange in his later life!

[@wendyzhere]

This was a very succinct and entertaining video. You'll be making an appearance in my Music Appreciation class this week as we begin our section on Haydn. Great work!!

[@BudLarsenjr]

Joseph was awesome!

[@otakurocklee]

Great video. Untroubled for the most part... but I didn't know about the unhappy marriage. That surprised me. Somehow I always pictured him happily married.

[@ndysom1808]

A++++ !!

[@quanzhou1407]

A=+

[@kyliem9491]

this was an absolute lifesaver! Would you be able to do something on 21st cent. music and/or shostakovich? Thanks! 🙃

[@Synthnerd11]

Whew, all the relevant info crammed into 16 minutes. Nice work. (And you have beautiful eyes :) )

[@HalaZyce]

You're super easy to listen to. Thanks for these videos!

[@heathermiller7478]

Perfect modern history of this maestro, go right to the meat, no extraneous minutiae.

[@yunleung2631]

This truly was a man who lived.

[@haoran3803]

I am cramming History for the August RCM exam, just a question, do I need to know everything about Haydn or just some main points in his career?

[@charlotter3ina]

Cool.

[@dahlrussell]

I think your research and information is wonderful, and you're lovely and have a great screen presence. Your little edited inserts are fun! You can take a breath and slow down. You have our attention, and what you have to say is very interesting, including your trace thoughts... we want to hear it clearly! ; ) I look forward to seeing more.

[@jeneraljerry]

One of the best. I read that Haydn's music was more original during his time because of his isolation all the long years at the Esterházy. He wasn't exposed to the works of contemporary composers. Do you think so? Hey, could you do Frédéric Chopin next. Unless, you did already.

[@daviddiabolo7210]

Thank u,now i can study for my music test

[@Toogoodtobetrue458]

listening to FJ Haydn right now.....

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Ditch the F - you’re listening to J Haydn!

[@shangshi4609]

What’s the piano piece in the background when she talks about Haydn’s death? Very touching!

[@tomstarzeck7137]

Hearing Handel's messiah while in London,inspired him to create his own oratorios, the creation and the seasons.

[@medardbitangimana4580]

❤❤❤

[@lanamarstutorials5939]

Can you give me some of the sources you got your info from?

[@tailgunnerblue9478]

Maybe you could do a brief history on Edward Grieg or Franz von Suppe

[@innasokolova736]

My daughter always waiting for the last comment))) please, always do this

[@helenam3355]

random question: have you ever played one of Chopin's ballades? What standard does one have to be in order to do so? thanks!x

[@PianotvNet]

+Lena Blogger His Ballades are amazing, but I've never personally attempted them - they're extremely difficult. The RCM puts them at an ARCT level, which is the level after grade 10.

[@daoh.6896]

Thanks for an interesting video. IMHO, Haydn successfully fought for control over his creations which paved the way for other composers back in those days; just like the late Prince who was considered to be the one who opened the door for present day artists to get free from record companies. Haydn's negotiation/business skill could be considered as one of his strengths and I'd view his 'employment freedom' as one of his achievements. He wouldn't be able to be generous with his staff if he couldn't support himself (it's sad that Mozart couldn't learn the business-side from Haydn). I can't blame him for wanting to get the most (at least, fair value) for his intellectual creations. Wouldn't we all want the same thing for ours? :-)

[@PianotvNet]

Yeah absolutely! Thanks for an excellent comment, you make some really important points. Musicians (and artists) being fairly compensated has been a struggle since probably forever. You gotta hand it to an artist who's able to make it for himself by being a shrewd businessman.

[@PastorB1978]

I would love to see you do your two video set on Ralph Vaughn Williams.

[@nightybreeze]

What about Thomas Linley?? He was also a prodigy like Amadeus and was even given the title "the English Mozart" back in his home. It feels like such a waste, he could've been so famous and his future so bright had he not died at age of 22 ;----; I'd love to learn more about him, what do you think?

[@caginn]

3:24 Not only Haydn and Mozart but also Dvorak married the sister (Anna Čermáková) of the woman (Josefina Čermáková) with whom he actually was in love.

[@loriloomis6465]

My kids and I loved this video! We've just begun studying Haydn and this was the perfect supplement. We're also covering Mozart and Beethoven this year, so we'll definitely be back for more. Very well done!

[@hopejensen3929]

This is totally unrelated, but I LOVE YOUR HAIR!!!!!!

[@calebnorton2474]

I would love videos on Schoenburg Alban Berg Aton Webern

[@kmcalpine3323]

I like your composers video very much. Could you make for Bartok please.

[@furigutemweq1024]

So I sub and bell and comment right now

[@kopanoblessingmoeti3277]

please talk about Handel

[@lydiaandqueenie8980]

can you do one on Satie please?

[@dblacktenn]

Thank you for educating those who only know who Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande are...The History of Classical music and it's phenomenal complex characteristics should be taught. The only advice I would give you is this...Buy a lapel mic and clip it to your blouse or near your mouth. It would make a huge difference in your presentation. Again...Very good info here!!!!

[@typedeaf]

I am curious how the phrase, "electrified the audience" existed well before the widespread use and understanding of electricity.

[@mfernandez5743]

Napoleon sent guards to protect Haydn. You didn’t mention Joseph had a brother, Michael, who was a great composer in his own right; lived in Salzburg and had some influence on Mozart.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

In contrast to his brother, Michael Haydn’s apartments were ransacked by French troops whose behaviour today would probably have been classed as a war crime. The French soldiers stole anything they found of any value.

[@Erickvazquezc]

Please do Schoenberg!

[@Claude1Rochon]

do you ever pause ? for effect ...were it ... necessary... ( ) . . . like breathe ? - - _ -- the visuals are cool ,., but the editing is indigestible at best. may i suggest a bit of humming a tune....here and there. or just pause and breathe in deep. they'll love it. many thanks for posting. bless you

[@getlitwithjordyn5865]

Can you do a brief history of Schubert

[@AllysiaMarie]

Yoda Haydn!

[@protect_provide8031]

I suggest Haydn's cello concertos especially 2 major 2nd

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart9387]

What about me ???

[@leiguo9234]

4:52

[@furigutemweq1024]

My music teacher used this

[@mocuko]

biography on Salieri?

[@MrWoodCy]

Interesting....Antonio Salieri was quite popular and very influential in Vienna from his early 20s to his 60s....He worked with leading composers like Gassmann, Gluck, Haydn, Hasse, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and a very young Liszt... Considering he spent 60 years in Vienna....this list is only a fraction.

[@jomsthejomtheff1644]

9:52 Isn't that Johann Georg?

[@quinnwaterman1535]

nice lil edits

[@docq143]

But how did he view his work

[@thegeek4145]

My name is Haydn and I pronounce it HAY-dn not HIGH-dn so I was wondering how he pronounces it because I love hearing how different people say things differently cuz it is so interesting

[@MsHaydn]

OceanOtter same here, I'm from Scotland where pronouncing it like high dn sounds odd, plus there's a load of aidens and kaydens here.

[@billhannam6314]

The man's last name was pronounced "Hay" dn while he was in Germany, but "High" dn after he moved to England.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Bill Hannam The composer’s name has always been pronounced ‘High-dn’ whether in England, Austria or anywhere else. In English speaking countries around the world, children given the name Haydn or Hayden, the ‘Hay-dn’ pronunciation is not uncommon.

[@quanzhou1407]

The new version is a great app

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

His last piece of music was later used for the German Anthem.

[@SunriseFireberry]

U want ideas for shows? Answer these Qs: Who are the most underrated composers of piano literature? Who are the most underrated composers of classical music in general? Do some shows on these people. I understand the "big names" very much deserve to be covered, like Haydn here.

[@maryannjavier9383]

Can you please noted here all what you have said i can't understand it. It is fast.

[@heathermiller7478]

This is a brief video that covers almost too much information for a person who doesn't know tons about Haydn or not a native English speaker. There are slower paced youtube video biographies on Haydn, I've watched good ones on the BBC channel, about 30min to 1hr long... Personally, even though I did quite a bit of research on Hadyn for a college term paper, I find this young lady's take on Haydn captures the eternal youthfulness of Haydn....I imagine if Haydn were born in the 20th century he might have had lots of formal training in the classics, but branched out to any number of popular music genres....He might have had a band, become a music producer, a band manager, or even started a successful music label.... He probably would not be a music teacher or a choirmaster due to his tending to want to improve society as a whole with his music, as in today's world the masses sometimes see classical music as stuffy and dry...Hope this is helps, best of luck in your private studies on this maestro. Cheers.

[@keiththetiger1764]

Fun fact : The Talyllyn railways No.3 steam engine is named Sir Haydn

[@zainniaz6684]

Is it pronounced Joseph or Joseph?

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

In English - Joseph; In German - Yo-sef. Haydn actually used the Italian form Giuseppe (Jew-*say*-pay) more than anything judging by the number of extant signatures on scores, letters and documents; there is also the occasional use of the Latin form Josephus.