Joseph Haydn Accomplishments

Joseph Haydn born March 31st 1732 was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio, and his contributions to musical form have earned him the titles "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".

The dates of the Classical period in Western music are generally accepted as being between about the year 1730 and the year 1820. The Classical period falls between the Baroque and the Romantic periods. Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and is less complex. It is mainly homophonic, using a clear melody line over a subordinate chordal accompaniment, but counterpoint was by no means forgotten, especially later in the period.

It was for this reason that, around the time Haydn turned six, they accepted a proposal from their relative Johann Matthias Frankh, the schoolmaster and choirmaster in Hainburg, that Haydn be apprenticed to Frankh in his home to train as a musician. Once he began his musical training there, he could soon play both harpsichord and violin. In 1739 Haydn was brought to the attention of Georg von Reutter, the director of music in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, while he was visiting Hainburg and was looking for new choirboys. Haydn passed his audition with Reutter, and after several months of further training moved to Vienna in 1740, where he worked for the next nine years as a chorister. Haydn lived in the Kapellhaus next to the cathedral, along with Reutter, Reutter's family, and the other four choirboys, which after 1745 included Haydn’s younger brother Michael. The choirboys were instructed in Latin and other school subjects as well as voice, violin, and

100 in G major, is the eighth of the twelve London symphonies written and completed in 1793, it is popularly known as the Military Symphony.

The first movement is in sonata form with a slow introduction that hints at motifs that will appear later in the movement. Strings and flutes begin in a major scale key with Theme A comprised of short, symmetrical phrases. Theme A then repeats with the oboes, clarinets, and bassoons. Theme B, developed from Theme A, features strings and flutes playing in a higher register.

In the second movement Haydn varies the theme with "military" percussion, sudden dynamic changes, and staccato passages, all in a minor scale key, but most importantly is the use of "Turkish" instruments; triangle, cymbals and bass drum which make their first appearance in this minor section. The movement is in ternary form with more rich instrumentation than the other movements of the symphony. Haydn builds volume in this movement by adding instruments to the accompaniment while repeating a fragment of Theme A in the first