The Least Interesting Man in the World | The Life & Times of Joseph Haydn
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- Of course he wasn't the absolute least interesting man in the world, but when compared with those artists who died young, or were never appreciated, or continually struggled with their inner demons, Franz Joseph Haydn certainly didn't have a lot of drama going on in his life. So come enjoy some music history you might have missed and learn about the man who dominated the classical period.
Footnotes:
0:46 - That composer was Johann Georg Reutter, one of the most influential musicians in Vienna at the time
1:01 - Yes, this episode was a lot of fun to record.
1:16 - A rattan cane, mind you, not a wooden one. That type of savagery was reserved for U.S. senators. Still pretty brutal though.
1:21 - The man on the right is Nicola Antonio Porpora, from whom Haydn learned a great deal.
2:25 - That instrument is called a baryton
3:21 - Technically Salieri and Beethoven weren't the ones doing the carrying, but it looks better this way
3:52 - Don't worry, about a hundred years later the greatest composer in France died while Paris was being bombarded by the Germans. I guess that means pretty soon now the Germans will be bombarded by the Austrians and the cycle will be complete.
4:04 - Why am I playing Mozart now? Well, if it's good enough for Haydn's funeral it's good enough for me.
Music (in order of appearance):
GrimmJohn - Dos Equis Theme Song (Remix)
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa"
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
Hidden Citizens - Symphony No. 5
Joseph Haydn - The Creation
Joseph Haydn - Emperor's Hymn
Mozart - Requiem
The fact that he is one of the few musicians that had steady and sane lives makes him one of the most interesting musicians for me. Like how did he do it?? This is just an opinion.
Oh yeah, I give him a hard time but if it were me I'd much rather be a Haydn than a Beethoven
Well, for all we know, he could've just been really good at Haydn it.
@@mariepierreschrodinger4429 OMF 😂😂😂😂😂
The willingness to suck up to the rich.
@@JackRackam or as Beethoven would say "WHAT?!"
This man is undoubtedly one of the musicians in history.
I mean you are not wrong
@@omarmega4093 he is, indeed, a musician. Terrific analysis.
He is indeed a person that knew about music.
Ah yes the floor is made of floor
This made me laugh hard.
"The least interesting man in the world"
Me: allow me to introduce myself
"The least interesting man in the world."
You: Allow me to introduce myself.
Me: Hold My....
I don't have anything interesting to put there, sorry.
Your not interesting doe.
@@DecapSoda please, don't let me have this.
Let's make that three to introduce themselves.
Uncle?
Imagine being so well regarded that both Salieri AND Beethoven organize a show in your honor. Parking his colossal balls in front of Napoleon by playing the Emperor's hymn is just the icing on the cake from there.
1k likes and no comments?
Technically you wouldn't know about the least interesting man in the world
Hipsters: You underestimate my power!
Not if it is yourself.
Not necessarily.
If the least interesting person in the world had his life documented, it probably wouldn’t make it seem more interesting.
DelToro Perdedor dont try it
Being the worst or best in something automatically catches some interest
French: We have conquered Austria!
Haydn: Screw you, France! *Plays Emperor's Hymn*
TheGreatBurg France: Yes, yes, nice piano recital,now give us another queen since the old one died of...beheading. Also get your dead musicians off the floor before they start to rot.
As an austrian I can say...that is such an austrian thing to do. He probably had the window open and played extra loud just so that napoleon would get the message.
And in a turn of events a guy from Braunschweig took the melody of the austrian anthem and wrote a text in which he demanded that all german states should form one union.
But Bismarck thought like every real democrate: "Fuck the southern states!" But after realising that the big wall called the Alpes only devided austria he decided: "Ok every state south of the home of the headless can stay german".
@@michelsand5399 epic
@@nicolasmarazuela1010 I don't get what you are trying to say. Are you an American republican or an Austrian?
I hate when my employer beats me with a cane. But at least now I can relate to Haydn :D
Do you work at a brothel?
@@incendiarybullet3516 What sort of brothels do you visit? xD
Siegmernes ones with canes i imagine.
@@michelsand5399 pimpin, but with British style
DelToro Perdedor all that’s missing is a cup of tea in the other hand.
To be honest, I’m tired of the “tortured artist” story. Give me more of these guys. Tell me about their pranks, about the story of why he married the sister. Tell me about his work and why he made it.
We need more of this guy. I love this guy.
Guess those who like the Tortured artist are a pretty sadistic bunch.
And said artists would want to kick them below the belt
People who think artists need to be as mentally disturbed as they are are the same people that tell themselves Einstein failed calculus
So he had a rather boring and vanilla existence as innovators and great artists went, but was a still many kinds of badass.
Muhammad Ansari Because he fucking could!
I don't know how you can say this knowing that he was a key figure in the development of the new Classical style and he established and greatly developed new forms such as the symphony, the string quartet and the sonata form structure. He was innovative as an artist.
anon3261 More like you accomplish more in the long run if you keep your nose to the grindstone and don't get strung out on drugs.
This guy or people making this video are just envious, as nobody would make even a video describing their lives as uninteresting, simply put even laughing at their boring lives wouldn't be interesting... so we rag on someone who actually had an interesting life instead. And pretend their life was uninteresting.
Which I find interesting, they never mention his skull, which was rather weird ie. interesting story behind it. Not finding rest until the 1950's.
@@jmitterii2 Hey, you forgot to read other comments?
Jack mentions that he was harsh on him but he found Haydn the perfect example of how a healthy artist should be.
As ironic as it sounds, he's actually very interesting to know about in this video.
An advertisement scheme.
If anyone’s entire life was described it would probably be interesting
That really is a powerful way to go out.
99% of art majors would disagree with your title
Otter Sooo .1% of the audience? I assume you are a art major yourself.
Make no mistake, I love Haydn. If anything I think he's a much healthier example of what a successful artist should look like. It's just that his life and career don't capture the imagination the way Mozart or Beethoven do.
greg polhemus and even THEN cup noodles aint exactly a step up from, uh air i guess?
@greg polhemus And that's good thinking...
@greg polhemus good as lomg as you are making a living everything is alright. Like I'm a history school teacher from a third world country and have my retirement money and health care secure while making some side hustle money by giving individual classes.
Ahhh, I love Haydn! Another fun fact for you: Did you know he sorta has two heads? Someone stole his skull from his grave so they put a fake one in, but later, they recovered the head and put it back, but they never bothered to take the fake one out.
No way. That's insane!
That's gonna be confusing for archaeologists in the future.
That's quite interesting
funniest part: THERE WERE 2 FAKE SKULLS
the first one was from a 20 year old
people noticed and asked for the real one to the guy who stole it so, like you do, he gave another random old guy skull and it stayed like that for YEARS
His skull stuck around in a piano til they buried it
If you guys wanna know about some REALLY interesting composers, look up Erik Satie and Dmitri Shostakovich! Absolute madlads, both of them!
Phew, for a moment you had me worried. He married his true love's sister.
I thought he married his sister for a moment.
Well, I heard "and propose to his true love- eh, sister." and thought throughout the whole video he married his sister and wondered briefly how he was able to do that without getting killed by an angry mob.
yet even in the fall of Vienna, one of Napoleon's officers happened to be a big fan and paid his respects by singing the big 'F' notes of one of Haydn's arias to him
You almost got me there
Bonaparte put guards at his house's entrance to honour him!
Who the hell is this? Oh yeah the Crassus of the music world.
I think you've perfectly described him in one sentence
Jack Rackam I was taught by the best.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
Sandman
Yea but Crassus was a loser
Yunfei Liang nah. More along the lines of being the least famous of the trio.
He played the kaiserhymne in the aftermath of Napoleon's conquest, and died shortly later. What an absolute legend!
I cannot express in words the admiration I have for Haydn. A great composer, indeed, and in my view not appreciated enough even by classical music lovers anywhere as nearly as he should be. But nonetheless, his art will live on. A true master of the musical craft.
His cello concerti alone are some of the most sublime highlights of human history
AND an absolutely EPIC boss to his orchestra. From writing symphonies that feature lots of solos just to allow his soloists to show off in front of the Prince (no. 6., Morning) to writing a whole symphony (no. 45., Farewell) as a way of asking for them to get PTO to see their families, this guy was probably one of the nicest bosses in history.
He lived a stable, long and happy life in the 1700s. He’s lowkey the most interesting man in the world
He also made an symphony were all the orchestra plays slowly went home one after an other, because they were all totally pissed that the season went so long and they couldn't see there families.
Also some say his ghost is still haunting his house.
That song was really a pain in the ass, but so worth it to play!
You mean the Farewell Symphony right?
@@michaelmao2171 Yes, that's the name, thanks.
@@daisysmartheart1947 piece*
2:17 Ah, yes. The very first jumpscare.
bruh i was about to sleep when i heard that
The life and times of Bismarck! Anybody pre WWI and post Napoleon would be wonderful.
King Ruhrik Can't possibly imagine which you might prefer lol
Yes that may have been too obvious. lol
I decided to edit it out though. I mean the gap in time would've been a bit too big.
He's been done to death
Bismarck's been done, give us some Metternich or one of the *problem* Napoleons!
EDIT: oh wait he did the problem Napoleon. I'm smart!
I don't think I can believe this..
No man who has ever been considered uninteresting has a 4 minute video all about him.
I think he means uninteresting in an ironic way (I may or may not be using that incorrectly)
Kanye has several I believe...
You nailed the pronounciation of Eszterházy. Good Job.
Ah them! The extras of Hungarian history!
For a moment I thought I'm in an alternate reality when I heard an understandable Hungarian name in a video made by someone who speaks not Hungarian.
@@tabushka292 Or is not from Eisenstadt or Burgenland as a whole
Another tangential but somewhat interesting connection to another famous composer: he was on friendly terms with Franz Liszt's father, though he didn't live long enough to meet the son.
Please make more composer videos! I’m a music teacher and it’s hard to find bio videos that are fun for my older students. My students LOVED this video!!!
His life seems too normal for a composer, he must have been HAYDIN’ something....
I love that he took the most rational choice and not bring children into a marriage obviously devoid of genuine love.
I wish more people would take that route.
what about the weird story of his stolen skull?
I know, right?
It’s right here.
th-cam.com/video/KCMsale9MeY/w-d-xo.html
1:14 Its ok its just a prank bro, the painter is right over there!
Be not alarmed brethren, thy painter sits yonder there.
Great Video, i miss one thing to be mentioned: that his hymn for the austrian emperor was the official anthem of Austria and later Austria Hungary, and with a different text is the current national anthem of germany.
That's quitw interesting :D!
what a legend, this guy.
I honestly think that Haydn doesn't get enough credit as a predecessor to Beethoven as he deserves. Beethoven is often described as a singular genius, whose musical innovations were completely unprecedented and way ahead of his time. Not to diminish the legacy of my favorite composer, but both Haydn and Mozart were going in Beethoven-esque directions towards the end of their lives, and Beethoven's early pieces were clearly inspired by them. Haydn's "Creation" oratorio is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, starting from the first movement, which is an overture meant to represent the universe *before it was created.*
_Thanks for coming to my TED talk_
"unfortunately it wasnt a time travelling tchaikovsky" is music history always this dank
No! I’m totally less interesting than him!
I cant even compose
surprised to see you here vii
Haydn's brother Michael was an extremely accomplished composer as well.
How come it took me so long to notice Kyuubey when Jack talks about the contract at 2:35? I like that reference!
That's not the only hidden detail in this episode :D
Haydn the og Austrian superstar musician 10/10 from Austria here
How can you tell this story without the extremely weird post-mortem chapter? One of his friends was obsessed with phrenology, and secretly dug up Haydn's corpse and cut off and stole his head so he could study his skull bumps for signs of his musical genius. It only got worse from there. Head and body weren't reunited until the 1950's. There's a really good video about the saga from Ask a Mortician.
Seeing that music theory book makes me wanna cry
Great to see another upload from one of my favorite youtubers!
Wait, he had a nice life AND was remembered by history? HERESY, HERESY I SAY!
As a musician, I had to learn classical to train. Hadyn's compositions were certainly elegant and enjoyable to play as well as to hear. As my favorite composer of all time is Beethoven; and yes, he was a tortured soul, for Beethoven to participate in the gesture of carrying Hadyn to conduct his concert really means alot.
Poor Haydn. He's interesting/influential musically/historically though, maybe more so than Mozart?
He taught mozart, and is one of the most important composers
I guess the issue is he didn't struggle with personal woes and lived a pretty long life for the time
@@Yetaxa I dont think Mozart and Beethoven are more famous because of their tragic lifes. Or not directly. Mozart and Beethoven composed pieces for eternity. I think its the suffering and desperation that somehows finds its way into the music, maybe as the only safe haven. I think such personality can produce way "better" things than your good old 0815 aristocrat living his chill live
@@Yetaxa He is also considered "father of the Symphony" because of his contributions to orchestral music.
Haydn was a fundamentally happy man (certainly not as miserable as a man like poor Beethoven), but his life was no cakewalk.
He was born in poverty and when taken under Frankl was frequently hungry and embarrassed by his filthy clothes. He had a failed marriage (which you touched on). He was riddled by illnesses throughout his life (such as smallpox which gave him horrible scars on his face), and frequently felt lonely and isolated despite his extreme success
I've been checking out some of your videos as of late and finally decided that I will subscribe to your channel. Keep up the savage content man.
Appreciate it! I'm surprised that TH-cam actually recommended my stuff over time considering how long I go without uploading. How exciting!
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed. I hope you gain more, you truly deserve it!
This was great, thank you
"What, you think I'll just go and die at the at the performance of my greatest work surrounded by the some of the greatest musicians of the age? Screw that, I'm gonna die after playing a score in direct defiance of not only one of the greatest generals ever but the one who just conquered the city I'm in even though I'm almost 80 years old!" Haydn probably.
His body wasn't used to spite, which is why it killed him.
_The Least Interesting Man in the World_
Challenge accepted.
After watching the video.
Nope, I win. I'm less interesting than him. That's why I'll never be famous.
The hell’s wrong with your pfp?
Do you need assistance from THE SPANISH INQUISITION?
@@shinsenshogun900 You no like my profile pic?
Haydn is awesome, thx for the vid! i'll use it for my classes
Learnt something new today. Thanks!
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"It's been 2 months since jack last posted a video. I feel I shall grow mad with each day I do not see a notification. Every day my hope drifts further away as I think of what a great oportunity this would have been to cover someone like Elizabeth bathory or dracula. You know with it being Halloween and all. I shall wait for as long as it takes for a new video. Not because I want to but because I must and because it's always worth it."
Love the videos Jack. Take your time mate and enjoy the holiday season. It ends up passing by more quickly with each year.
Hah, if only I'd planned the video around being released this late I could've done something with a theme - unfortunately, I wanted to release in September and got blindsided. Thanks for checking in, though, it means a lot to know that someone's waiting. And happy Halloween!
Jack Rackam don't think it's just me jack. There are a great many people who eagerly await every new video. Happy Halloween.
Of all the great composers in the world, Haydn was one of them
you know you got you love how most of these videos end with anti climax but for this video it ends in pretty satisfyingly.
This is so awesome
I believe that in conclusion this man is a person
_The Big Concert Hall of the Sky_
You know you want to attend that!
Omg please do more music history ones!
Real touching stuff.
You try composing a symphony damn!
James May = *Finally, A worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendarily boring!*
Haydn was actually more interesting than I thought he was. Nice!
Really beautiful
What is it with musical composers and playing exotic pranks.
All those earnest, unsuspecting and very stiff musicians just milling about in a semi lucid state. Especially those walking dead strings guys. Comedic warhead incoming in 3... 2... 1...
Masters respect their own creativity, even when it takes on different forms. It's about flow, and what makes life worth living.
Damn it my life’s work. Someone else already took the title
From reading the title alone I honestly thought this video was going to be about me.
awesome!
Interesting!
He lived an interesting life.
Nice! New upload!
You really didn't do yourself any favours by presenting the information in a very interesting way
شكراً
I went to his house a few weeks ago!
Glad you have come out of hayden....we've missed you. Another winner!!
HOHOHOHO
great video
*Reads title*
Finally, a video about me
I was wrong
I don't know, the tittle seems a little inaccurate to me. ;)
Hey! I'm playing one of his sonatas right now!
I loved iiiiiiit, do that with more composers please.
I need a time-travelling Tchaikovsky in my life.
Does anybody know the piece that those Choir boys were singing at 0:55
I wanna know too
This is a very good Chanel with well made videos why is this so hard to find on TH-cam?
He was possibly the first composer of worldwide fame (from Spain to Russia, and even America). He influenced and was admired by fellow composers (including such big names as Mozart, Beethoven, Salieri...), celebrated by emperors, kings and aristocrats, and also by the general public; a public who fully appreciated his genius and his works. Almost no other composer can boast the same.
Somewhere I read this, and I do think it says something valuable: Beethoven and his genius refused to bow before nobles and kings; yet, kings and nobles bowed before Haydn.
He might have been the least interesting man during his lifetime,
*But after he died? Man...*
_One of his best friends_ (I don't remember his name) _sent a group of grave robbers to cut Haydn's head off from his 2 week decomposing body. And when the police went to his house looking for Haydn's skull, he hid it under his wife. She was laying in bed, on her period, the police wouldn't dare looking under the sheets._
If someone's interested in this story, Classic fM made a really interesting podcast about it. They also cover Mozart's and Tchaykovsky's death. I highly recomend it.
-> www.classicfm.com/music-news/case-notes-true-crime-podcast/
"The least interesting man in the world", I can't belive you made a video about me.
That visual analogy at 3:00😩👌🏼
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would absolutely rate him.
Lol I'm so average I'm not even able to become the least interesting person in the world
This dude must have been Hadyn in the history books.
Love it!
This man isnt boring he just lived his life right, and died a badass. Getting so much respect that two other renound composers carry you around like a king at a concert which they dedicated to u is boring? Hell naw, his music is really nice too
Okay I’m actually d y I n g my friends name is Joseph Hayden I’m sending him this pfffff
In my book, being the rare "stable" is way more interesting. The most uncommon is the most interesting after all, isn't that correct?
Can’t be that boring to have a whole TH-cam video about him
Visited the Mozart and Haydnhaus today, funny to see them used as backgrounds in your video ;D
I thought this video is gonna be about all harem anime protagonist
Well, that was truly...
... not fascinating. I loved it.
While Haydn's life wasn't the most tumultuous, he certainly had some postmortem adventures. At least... his skull did.
So, when Haydn died, he was supposed to get a grand burial. But Vienna was in the midst of war, (as this video already stated) so Haydn was hastily buried in a small grave outside of Vienna.
A scientist named Franz Joseph Gall thought that an individual's intellectual features were indicated by the shape of one's skull. A couple of his followers, Joseph Rosenbaum and Johann Peter decided it would be an excellent idea to extract Haydn's skull for study. So they did just that. Rosenbaum kept Haydn's skull "on a cushion covered with while silk and draped with black satin inside a black wooden cabinet that was modeled after a Roman sarcophagus and decorated with a golden lyre". He did extensive studies on the decapitated head of the composer and allegedly found the "seal of hearing" according to Gall. Truly a fine example of early 17th century medicine.
Years later, Prince Esterhazy of Vienna decides to give Haydn his proper burial. But of course, upon opening the casket, they found his head missing. The authorities quickly found Rosenbaum and the prince paid to get the composer's head back. Here's the thing though... Rosenbaum gave this poor fuckin prince the wrong head. Haydn's body was laid to rest with the wrong head for 134 years!!!! It literally took until 1954 for this damn corpse to get his head back.
Don't try and tell me this is the least interesting man in the world
'Don't be afraid, children, where Haydn is, no harm can reach you!'
Are we sure this guy wasn't a wizard? That is something Gandalf would say.