Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, 45 piano trios, 62 piano sonatas, 14 masses and 26 operas, amongst countless other scores. Life and Music The son of a wheelwright ...

As champions of Haydn's trios, from Tovey onwards, have lamented, their conception as essentially accompanied piano sonatas, with the cello almost invariably doubling the keyboard bass, has deterred ...

Mariam Batsashvili plays a recital of piano music including Haydn's Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, Beethoven's Rage over a lost penny, as well as music by Brahms, Schubert, and Liszt. Show more Mariam ...

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children. His brother Michael, born five years later, also became a composer. Where did the music come from?

He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin ... he moved to Vienna to be taught music by composer Joseph Haydn. This did not work out for Beethoven because Haydn was not ...