1. Chapter 13: Classical Composers: Haydn and Mozart

2. Vienna: Home to Classical Composers
Viennese School: Classical style epitomized by composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
“Viennese Classical Style”
Figure 13.1 A map of eighteenth-century Europe showing the Holy Roman Empire and the principal musical cities, including Vienna, Austria

3. Franz Joseph Haydn ( )
First of the great composers to move to Vienna
Serves as a choirboy and studied composition, violin, and keyboard at Saint Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
1750’s: Worked as a freelance musician
Figure 13.2 Portrait of Joseph Haydn (c. 1762–1763) wearing a wig and the blue livery of the Esterházy court

4. Haydn
1761: music director for the court of Hungarian Prince Nikolaus Esterházy
Figure The palace of the Esterházy family southeast of Vienna, where Joseph Haydn lived until The elements of Neoclassical architectural style include the triangular pediment over the entryway, the columns, and the Ionic capitals atop the flat columns.

5. Haydn
London tours
Two trips: &
Composed set of 12 symphonies known as the “London Symphonies”
106 Symphonies, 70 string quartets, operas, 52 piano sonatas, 14 Masses, 2 oratorios

6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Born in Salzburg, Austria
1770’s: Court musician in Salzburg
: Free-lance musician in Vienna
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