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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was one of the most famous musicians of his day. Haydn is often given the title, Father of the Symphony, as he developed the symphonic form into the four-movement work as we know it today. He is credited with composing 107 symphonies and was well-known and admired in Austria, Paris, and London. He spent most of his career as Kapellmeister for Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. In this position, Haydns responsibilities included serving as Music Director, Principal Conductor, General Manager, Librarian, Custodian of Instruments, Personnel Manager, and Music Teacher of Esterházy Palace he did it all!
Haydns Symphony No. 44, known as his Trauersinfonie (Funeral Symphony), was given this title based on a tale that Haydn had requested that the symphonys slow movement be performed at his funeral. The work is one of only a handful of symphonies (11 out of 107) that Haydn wrote in the minor mode and represents a new emotional type of composition, Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress). Music of this style is characterized by increased dissonances, driving rhythms, and disjunct melodic lines. This new emotional trait in music laid the groundwork for what was later to become known as Romanticism.
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