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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) had a long and prolific  musical career, composing countless pieces of music over five decades. His significant contributions to symphony and string quartet music influenced musicians like his friend Mozart and student Beethoven and ushered in music’s classical period.

From singing to writing music

  Son of a music-loving wheel maker, Haydn was sent to a relative’s for music training when he was only 6. Discovered by a choir director two years later, the young boy became a treble in the St. Stephen’s Cathedral boys choir in Vienna, Austria.