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Great Masters: Haydn-His Life and Music

Explore the unqualified musical success of Franz Joseph Haydn with an esteemed music historian.

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1 Introduction and Early Life - 48 min

Haydn's name is synonymous with the Classical style. No other single composer did as much to create and standardize the Classical symphony and quartet. This lecture describes his early years at school and as a choirboy at St. Stephen's Cathedral school in Vienna. In 1749, when his voice broke, he was expelled from St. Stephen's to begin a new life in Vienna at the age of 17....