Why Listen to Haydn? His Life and Music
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- He composed 104 symphonies, as well as an oratorio which chronicles the creation of the entire world! This is the life and works of Franz Joseph Haydn, including his early, middle, and late symphonies as well as a dive into his Creation Oratorio.
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Script by Ricardo Santos
Narrated by Oscar Osicki
Haydn absolutely belongs up there with the greats he tutored. His symphonies, quartets, and trios are all top shelf. Thank you for putting the spotlight on him!
Certainly not !
Mozart absolutely hero-worshiped Haydn. That says a lot IMO. As for his being "father" of the symphony and string quartet, one writer referred to "allegations of paternity," lol.
@@danawinsor1380 Mozart NEVER worshiped Haydn. In fact he never mentionned Haydn in his letters as a composer worth to talk about ! NEVER ! 😂😂😂😂
@@antoinemozart243 there are historic records of Wolfy dedicating a set of string quartets (his Op. 10) to Joseph Haydn. But feel free to keep trolling.
@@jorgeotolio how old was Mozart when he composed the K 173 ? Yes ! 17 ! As I ssaid previously, Mozart was influenced by many composers ( you dont make music on a blank slate) among them the TWO Haydns ( Michael and Joseph) . Haydn was certainly superior to Mozart in 1773. May I remind you how old was Joseph Haydn in 1773 ? 40 !!! But between 1753 and 1773, Joseph Haydn made little composition progress wheras Mozart had already overtaken him seven years later. AND MOZART CONTINUED TO MAKE HUGE PROGRESS, leaving Haydn,far , far behind ! In 1789, a 33 years old Mozart was lightyears above papa HAYDN !😂😂😂😂😂😂
Every time the same old names get trotted out regarding the best classical composers, I always credit Haydn as my favorite and it's like I become some kind of musical pariah for appreciating the Father of the Symphony. 😆 His works were so distinct and differentiated from his contemporaries that they are easily identifiable. Thanks for making this!
I've definitely gotten some weird reactions when I name Beethoven and Haydn as my two favorite composers. Even people who ought to know better have said stuff about Haydn like "I don't like Baroque" or "his music has too many notes".
He was NOT the father of the symphony. This is simply untrue. You can choose among several fathers - the court musicians of Friedrich II of Prussia including the king himself, the composers of the Mannheim school, the composers Monn and Wagenseil of the first School of Vienna or the developments in Milano in Italy. All this happening at the same time during the years 1740-1760 and clearly before Haydn scored his first symphony - which carries clear influences from Mannheim.
Father of the string quartet.
I prefer Haydn over Mozart
I know I'm listening to Haydn when I realise I've been listening to the most elegant natural music without even being aware it's playing.
I genuinely love Haydn's music, this was such a wonderful video to see.
My late wife loved Haydn and so do I. I bought all of his symphonies. They are humorous and wonderful.
I've always adored Haydn's music. Knowing more about his life makes me admire him even more!
Haydn is the most underrated composer of all time, one with the biggest importance. Direct influence on Mozart and Beethoven for starters…
As impressive as his musical achievements were, Haydn’s life story is equally inspiring. His struggles and perseverance through life’s vicissitudes, culminating in professional greatness and personal success, can serve as a lesson to us all.
That quote of his at the end, how right he was, and how many countless hours of 'rest and refreshment', not to mention great spiritual catharsis, have been appreciated by so many millions.
Bless your soul, Papa Haydn x
Haydn seems to be underappreciated. And there was LIGHT!
Been a fan of Haydn's symphonies since the 1970's. Think I've finally got to know them all. Recently heard a live performance of the Creation here in Australia at the Canberra Music Festival - stunning!
All of Haydn's music seems perfect to me. Like everyone note is exactly the one that ought to follow from the next.
Glad we could get some deserved and overdue recognition for Haydn! Nice video 👍
Haydn is beyond amazing because he, as well as his beautiful friend Mozart, wrote SO many works in perfect sonata form. He didn't try to change the music of his time, he perfected it. Mozart dedicated his INCREDIBLE quartets to him, and Haydn showed what an incredible man he was, because as a court composer with a guaranteed lifetime appointment, he admitted and LOVED and admired the God given genius of his friend. Haydn composed over 100 symphonies, and yet, because of his humble attitude and willingness to learn from even younger composers ,his last ten symphonies set up the composers after him. Bravo and thank you, you awesome genius!!!! This world is so much better because of you!! BRAVO BRAVO BRAVISSIMO!!!! ♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏
I didn't know very much about Hayden. He always seemed like a nice fellow when he'd be mentioned here or there. Thank you for sharing.
My Mom would always tell me about Haydn's "violin loss" story, while my Maternal Fourth Aunt loved Haydn... I grew to love his work "The Creation" ever since childhood.
Love Franz Haydn.
Next video, do the Bach Brothers Wilhelm and Christian, they're awesome too.
Cheers 😍🇺🇾🙏
When these mini docs end, the first thing I do is watch them again. What I got from this clip is that he was a most humble man, with tremendous wisdom and deep humor.
I saw this documentary on Amazon Prime called "In Search of Haydn." I was terribly dissapointed; it should have been called "Haydn Seek".
I absolutely love Haydn. His trumpet concerto in E-Flat is amazing, I played it myself last year. And the creation is truly a masterpiece!!
I always find a freshness and a clarity in Haydn's symphonies and concertos. Robin Witting England
Best way to start the month 🤩
It's amazing that basically every piece he wrote seems to be written with his greatest amount of effort; there's always something interesting even in the least heard pieces.
When I was an undergrad music voice major, I listened to Haydn quartets more than anything. The six Op.76 quartets are the pinnacle. Absolutely ravishing and profound compositions ❤️❤️❤️
Joseph Haydn is my absolute favourite composer and my role model as composer. Most of my pieces are inspired by him (and Vivaldi). I love his masses, symphonies and sonatas.
If you want a more in depth view of Haydn, DAVID HURWITZ has an entire series dedicated to his symphonies on his channel. It's called The Haydn Symphony Crusade and I highly recommend it. He does a video for each symphony and it's great. The greatest composer in my opinion!
If I could only take the works of one composer to a desert island it just might be Haydn. There's a lot of it, it is of the highest quality, he's very inventive. Besides, there's a sane happiness and humanity about much of his music that is infectious. And if you want a good musical joke, he's your man.
For me growing up in Britain
where Haydn was often the first part of a classical sandwich,
Haydn symphony, Mozart concerto, Beethoven symphony
I saw him as a sorbet - a palate cleanser for the evening.
Only on discovering his string quartets
I played the entire oeuvre one summer
did I discover his depths and subtleties
and came to appreciate the "joy" he exuded
in his music was his response to quite a miserable life.
I think he is vital for the development of Western music
defining and refining the classical tradition
that then was played with by so many other composers.
I was interested that Rohrau was only 40 km from Eisenstadt
where the Esterhazy's had their country seat
and this is all about an hour by car from Vienna
and less from Bratislava.
Wonderful video! I've always liked Hayden. When I was first really getting into classical music as a pre-teen, I found a lot of Haydn Symphony CDs for cheap so he was one of the main composers I listened to (I still have many of those). Recently, I made a play list of all his symphonies and listened to them over the course of a week or so. You'd think I'd be Haydn'd out after that but I ended up going back and re-listening to certain movements that stuck with me.
What a wonderful lecture, factual and precise in its description, yet it soars into poetic heights. And Haydn do amply deserve such a loving treatment, because as one commentator already aptly mentioned, he is somewhat overshadowed by the 'BBM trio'. Yet Haydn is for all the ages, so perhaps he be better known at other time.
I have been focusing on Haydn recently, the style he wrote in is so unique and interesting. This video is a great coincidental gift!
What's fascinating to me is the similarity to artists that arose sometimes 100+ years later.
‘ I look upon myself as a human klavier keyboard upon whose very body Melodies flow freely & in great abundance !’ Haydn once told one of his London admirers in 1791,
It was said that Haydn as a younger man was quite a practical joker & prankster-one day in 1749 when young Josef was 17, he pull’d down the tail of his fellow pupil’s Peruch (‘wig’) into an inkwell and was summarily dismiss’d from the kapelle & thrown out into the street without a penny to his name-his voice finally had broken & he was no longer an asset to the choir - during the next two years he liv’d on bread & cheese in an attic during which time he had gotten a copy of Fux’ treatise on fugal composition (Fux himself was said to have taught young Haydn vocal technique when Haydn was only 6 years old in 1739-but Fux died only 2 years later) and went through the ENTIRE 279 pages (in Latin !) doing all the exercises twice over just to make sure he had learn’d ev’rything properly (and in a lonely attic too) - what an exceptionally single-minded and driven boy he must have been-even back then; by the time he began composing in earnest (around 1756, the year of Mozart’s birth in Salzburg) he was nearly 22 years old, having studied opera composition with Niccola Porpora -so he was partially self-taught & partially formerly train’d by some of the ‘best in the business’ and what flow’d from his pen from then-on was a neverending stream of melodic invention that earn’d him the praise of Mozart himself (who work’d alongside Haydn’s brother Michael in Salzburg since his return from his first European Grand Tour at the end of 1766)
‘I wish to become a master of all musical styles, opera, sacred, dance, concerti, sinfonia’s, chamber music, sonatas and ev’ry style imaginable-no composer had before been quite able to achieve such a goal-except maybe Josef Haydn !!’ Mozart wrote to his father in 1781.
Haydn in turn told his father in late Feb 1785 in Vienna-‘I swear to you before God himself and as a gentleman of honour your son is the most profound musical composer known to me either personally or by reputation-he has, of course, great Taste & a highly refin’d sense of the apropos-but what is even more astounding is his profound knowledge of the Science of Composition !’
Haydn’s 300-year anniversary in 2032 is only 10 years away and we can only hope that leading up to that date, more of his mature masterpieces, including the final 6 operas and church masses will be featur’d on concert stages worldwide in order for him to gain a fresh generation of admirer’s !!
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!! I Love classical music but only studied it in high school. I’ve always heard how LVB revolutionized classical music but didn’t know how. Now I know. Thank you so much
For me his string quartets are just as great an achievement as his symphonies. Absolutely stunning composer - full of vitality as well as depth of emotion and great imagination.
And then there are the piano trios - several of them from late in his career at the height of his power.
The Rococo period was essential in offering clear cause and effect psychology into the early classical movement which was essential for all that came after. A very underappreciated window in musicl history.
Nobody has been able to come up with a better way to structure symphonic material than the symphony's creator. What an innovator!
What a superb offering this series is. Simply - thank you.
I read somewhere where the choirmaster was thinking of making Haydn into a permanent soprano (i.e., a castrato) so he.could remain in the choir. But Haydn's father intervened before that could happen. Thank goodness that did not happen so Haydn had to through hard times to become a great composer.
Hayden’s music is wonderful-there is a joyous quality to it.
I started to listen to Haydn. More wow I’m surprised why I never listen to him now I appreciate it
Great video. It's very interesting to hear historic parts of Hyden's life.
I love your videos!! They're so informative and visually very atractive. You always do a good job.
Very good video about FJ Haydn. There were a few things not mentioned though:-
# One composer, whom became a good friend to Haydn was Ignace Joseph Pleyel. Although today this composer is forgotten in serious works, and is most likely to be in an instructional book. This composer was a pupil, friend, rival & publishing agent for his music. Pupil and friend, obviously. Rival. Yes Pleyel was the concert rival to his London concerts. They frequently Met and discussed each others music regularly. Later, Pleyel went into publishing musical manuscripts. And guess whom he got as client no 1. FJ Haydn. Publishing his string quartets and various other music. Making both lots of money. A great friend indeed.
# Haydn's, life story stopped in 1809. But, his historical story didn't. Especially when you consider his missing head. That story started in 1819, and didn't finish until the 1950's. Should check it out.
Once again. Great video. Good work.
Haydn was also a witty and convivial man. His music was a delightful expression of this!
This is something of a simplistic caricature along the lines of saying that Beethoven was an ill-tempered, impatient, and morose man whose music was a turbulent expression of this; neither characterisation contributes to a proper holistic understanding of either composer.
Wow. You don’t know how much I needed that Haydn quote; thank you!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your passion once again. It doesn't miss to kindle my interest.
Very well done! Excellent presentation!
The video I’ve been waiting for! I think it will be difficult for another composer to top Haydn for me. Those more inclined to romantic era music say that Haydn is too gentle, that his music, when expressive, sounds the same as other classical music. This is true, as the classical music ‘sound’ was his!
Though Haydn can be sad, angry, joyous and even funny in his compositions, I fully believe he deserves to be remembered as fondly as the greats which this channel does so well to recommend.
Thanks for posting!
What a well-written, well-produced and nicely narrated. Nice piece of work, young man. Thanks for the job and the posting. Dennis
Amazing essay. Amazing text. Thanks for this great gift.
Fantastic video! The Creation and the Farewell Symphony are two of my favorites by him. ❤️ It was great to see a glimpse of Haydn’s life and how it all ties together!
This Video also is a masterpiece. Thank you and Greetings from Vienna!
What a format! Thank you so much for such brilliant efforts
God bless you!!
As great as they are, so many of Mozart's works seem to sound the same to me. But, Haydn put a stamp of individuality on each work. He was a consummate artist.
Haydn has been underappreciated for centuries. Even in his lifetime he was not always as well known and appreciated you'd expect. Even Beethoven said "The man taught me nothing." Beethoven came around eventually and did have an awful life in comparison to Haydn and Mozart.
And Mozart adored and respected him, which was rare for Mozart.
Nobody will ever approach the genius of these composers, Bach and so many others. I blame Facebook and smartphones. 😏
Thank you all for this production!
What an excellent documentary. I just discovered your channel. Beautiful!!! 😀
This video is a masterpiece in itself too! Thanks!!
A few months ago I had the pleasure of learning Gloria from heiligmeese for a choir clinic. At first the Latin was daunting but I've learned to love it.
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
Only after Mozart, do I place Haydn…..and Haydn by his own words, he would likely agree about Mozart’s ranking…
Haydn to Wolfgang’s father Leopold Mozart: “I declare before God and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer known to me, in person and by reputation….he has taste, and the greatest knowledge of composition.”
Great work. Very enlightening and fun. Profound.
Thank you for telling the story of exactly how odd it was that the children were kicked out of the "church choir" after the voice broke. One would have thought that some of the music masters there actually noted Haydn's talents (and I think they did) and helped him get what you call "odd jobs" so that he could study and survive until he got job as musician and composer.
How terrible that friendship between staff was not allowed, or just frowned upon. How can humans create such awful conditions for employees? Another question: Do you think that Haydn actually did not befriend the other staff at the Esterhazy manor?
Sonata form: I think JSBach's richness of forms is much more interesting!
Thanks for making this. I always felt the need to listen to Haydn, but never really got interested. Now it may change.
Thanks for this video. The little boy seated the harpsichord or fortepiano at 1:30 is the young Mozart, I believe.
this video gave me goosebumps
Haydn is my second favorite composer right behind Bach
Wonderful vid! I'd love to see a video on Bruckner...
Thank you for introducing me to the biography of the Master
I like his piano sonatas very much and have tried to play all of them - all which have survived. Some of them are very daring with respect to the keys which are used. Keys from the lower part of the quint circle were not frequently used at that time, but Haydn used them. One of my favorites is his piano sonata in C sharp minor. The next known piano sonata written after Haydn in the same key is the world famous op 27 Nr 2 by Beethoven.
Great video but I’m in a way disappointed that you haven’t talked about, one of Haydn’s most known works: Emperor, string quartet piece. Yes, the Creation and the 12 London Symphonies were each in their way magnums opuses however the Emperor was Haydn’s signature. It was such an important piece to Haydn that 5 days prior to his death, on May 31st, 1809, according to his servant, he played with such virility and virtuosity and triumph the Emperor like never before. This piece was the last thing he ever played. I wish you would have included that in your video, since not a lot of people are aware that the modern German anthem utilizes Haydn’s melody and that this very piece was the first anthem of Austria from 1797-1918.
Thank you so much
@insidethescore please make more! Like on Rossini and Bellini perhaps… thank you for all your hard work
I love his piano sonatas
Great video.
Wonderful!
I hope there'll also be some quick guide videos for Haydn's London symphonies as well as Schubert's symphonies.
Your videos are a Symphony in themselves.
I love Haydn's symphonies. I have a full album of all the London symphonies. Can you do or do you have a video that talks more about Haydn's jokes in his music? I was already familiar with the one in the 93rd symphony, but I like the recording you used because it's LOUD! :D There's also the famous Surprise symphony, and the "musical chairs" gag in the menuet of the 104th symphony, and the more subtle false ending in the final movement of the 98th symphony, but there might be others you know that I may not.
If the second repeat is observed (i.e., repeating the development/recapitulation), the 4th movement of his 90th symphony in C major has THREE false endings: th-cam.com/video/brBjPeV3K18/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=SirSimonRattle-Topic
He's great. Sometimes I laugh out loud when listening to his music, especially from his younger years. I wouldn't be able to go to a concert of his music. He's too good.
Haydn and jokes, humour, and all the rest, is an over-played card; Haydn is almost never intending to provoke laughter - surely the purpose of a joke.
There is musical wit - in the manner used by Oscar Wilde with words - but most of what goes for humour in Haydn’s music is in fact playful ingenuity (or ingenious playfulness).
@@elaineblackhurst1509 to my knowledge, Haydn's intentions with music are vastly a mystery. Humour is a very cultural, even personal thing. His way of being humorous, if intentional, is definitely very different from that of Satie (e.g.). I am with you that probably nobody can be 100% sure whether Haydn intends to tell a musical joke or not, but I definitely laugh out loud with some of his works when I listen to them for the first time or after a long time. Just like with great jokes that, once you forget them, they will make you laugh again, especially in periods when one listens to lots of music by his contemporaries.
Great video
Excellent video! Could you make a Why Listen to Sibelius?
My parents named me Haydn, obviously inspired by the classical composer. I cannot tell you how many times I have had to correct people from saying “Hayden.”
The theme at 04:50 is quoted by Mozart in the Presto of his Divertimento in D major, K. 136.
"Where is the composer? I can't find him."
"He's Haydn."
Great video!
Will you do a quick guide to Beethoven‘s piano concertos 3 and 5?
Thank you
Not a bad introduction to Haydn, but more attention should have been given to the string quartets and piano trios, which, along with the symphonies, make the great triumvirate of his signature genres. The opus 20 quartets in particular should have been mentioned, as well as the last set of trios, and some of the piano sonatas as well. A composer that will well reward a sampling of his works.
15:11 Foreshadowing the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 6th..! 😊
I have to admit, even though I'm more familiar with Haydn than most people I know, I'm probably not as familiar as I should be, especially with string quartets. This is all that I've heard in full so far:
Symphonies 4, 22, 45, 49, 52, 78, 80, 94, 95, 96, 100, 101, 102, 103
Piano Trio no. 39
Cello Concertos 1 and 2
Trumpet Concerto
String Duo in D Hob. VI:D1
String Quartets 32 and 47(Op. 20 no. 2 and Op. 50 no. 4 for those who prefer opus numbers)
Piano Sonata in D Hob. XVI:37
You make a really good point; in common with the huge majority of listeners commenting on Haydn, you’re doing so on the basis of knowing about 1% of his music, music which he began composing when JS Bach, Handel, Telemann and Rameau were still active and alive, and ended well into the age of Beethoven.
Really good video tbh
The noblest composer ever!
Thank you for making the argument for Haydn. Unfortunately my enthusiasm towards listening to his works is abysmal and the only excuse I had for listening was out of interest for my favourite musicians (Sviatoslav Richter, Karajan, Bernstein etc..as it is always fascinating to see a world class musician interpret a piece). This video injects life and spirit to Haydn again and I certainly can’t wait to explore his musical realm in depth. I have an idea for a video that might be interesting for this channel, you’ve covered almost all basic aspects on what “classical” music is and how to listen to the music, as well as the most important composers; what is missing from all this, the cherry on top that is, the power of a masterful interpretation, be it from a conductor or soloist, and how it can make or break a piece. Thank you again for your continuous effort in the service of music!
Ooooo, that would be really cool! Another thing that could be discussed would be how composers choose to orchestrate pieces, or how Liszt made piano transcriptions of everything, and how that all works together.
To get a better understanding of Haydn as a composer, search one of Richard Atkinson’s excellent videos analysing some of his works; try the finale of Haydn’s string quartet Opus 76 No 1 for starters.
Well if anything and if I'm not mistaken, Hayden taught both Mozart and Beethoven and his sense of balance in his compositions in terms of phrasing (antecedent--->.consequent), motifs and melodic development is worthy of note.
Great video! Please do Ravel next - similarly overlooked but absolutely pivotal composer
I agree! Definitely an overlooked composer, yet his music is incredible. Especially his two Piano Concertos. ❤️
I was exposed to rhapsody español on the local classical station as a teen and was immediately drawn in to the world of ravel:)
@@tomstarzeck7137 That’s an amazing piece!! His “Miroirs” is one of my favorites as well. ☺️
Please do one for Dmitri Shostakovich!!!
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6:48 a note here. Sturm und Drang doesnt work with Storm and Stress, but rather Storm and Eagerness as it was a phase were artists "stormed" to new ideas on all fronts in Germany, especially art and philosophy. Today still, if an artists enters his most productive Phase its common to call it his "Sturm und Drang Phase"
Good question.🤔
Oh my God, those T-shirts.
Shit, what a beautiful man, I'm actually crying
Bach is the foundation, Haydn is the architecture.