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Joseph Haydn

1732 - 1809

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Franz Joseph Haydn ( HY-dən; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led him to be called "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String quartet". Haydn arose from humble origins, the child of working people in a rural village. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Haydn is the 9th most popular composer (down from 8th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Austria (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Composer.

Joseph Haydn is most famous for his symphonies, string quartets, and other instrumental music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Haydn ranks 9 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, and George Frideric Handel. After him are Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, and Giacomo Puccini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Joseph Haydn ranks 1. After him are George Washington, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Frederick North, Lord North, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Pierre Beaumarchais, Jacques Necker, Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, and Adélaïde of France. Among people deceased in 1809, Joseph Haydn ranks 1. After him are Nicolai Abildgaard, Jean Lannes, Thomas Paine, Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Ueda Akinari, August Ludwig von Schlözer, and Joseph-Marie Vien.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph Haydn ranks 4 out of 1,424. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Adolf Hitler (1889), and Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830). After him are Franz Schubert (1797), Maria Theresa (1717), Marie Antoinette (1755), Franz Liszt (1811), Johann Strauss II (1825), Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), and Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Joseph Haydn ranks 2. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756). After him are Franz Schubert (1797), Johann Strauss II (1825), Johann Strauss I (1804), Anton Bruckner (1824), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), Alma Mahler (1879), and Josef Strauss (1827).

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