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2.  He was born on April 1,1732 in Rohrau, Austria. (Located Lower Austria)  His real Birth name was Franz Joseph Haydn.  His nickname was “papa”  **explanation is later on…

3.  Haydn had a hard child hood.  He made his money by singing in choir. Once his voice broke, he had to make money by playing dance music and being a butler.  Haydn had to do all this at the age of 6.

4.  Haydn was employed later on as a “Kapellmeister” for his famous works.  He was employed by Fuerst Esterhazy in Eisenstabt in 1761.  Haydn worked for him for the next thirty years, serving him and composing. **For working and taking care of others, they began calling him “Papa Haydn”

5.  Growing up with the Esterhazy family, he became more popular, as well as his music.  Two important pieces came from him in this time era. The Paris symphonies written between 1785- 1786 and “The Seven Last Words of Christ”(1786)  Haydn began to feel alone and missed his live back in Vienna.  The new Esterhazy prince aloud him to go back to his old life.

6.  He married a woman named Maria Anna Keller. (November 26, 1760-1800)(her death)  They had no children of their own but Haydn had an illegitimate son.  His name was Alois Anton Nikolaus Polzelli, born April 22, 1783. He was a soprano for the Luigia Polzelli.

7.  His music influenced Mozart(a good friend of his)  His very own student, Ludwig van Beethoven.  And many others. BeethovenMozart

8.  With his health not doing so well, he returns to London to try continue composing.  Haydn stopped composing in 1803.  His last words were from his favorite song, “Gone is all my strength, I am old and weak.”  Haydn died in Vienna on May 31, 1809.

9.  “The Seven Last Words of Christ”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPchmU- pB4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPchmU- pB4

10.  http://www.biography.com/people/franz- joseph-haydn-9332156 http://www.biography.com/people/franz- joseph-haydn-9332156  http://www.classicalarchives.com/haydn.html #tvf=tracks&tv=about http://www.classicalarchives.com/haydn.html #tvf=tracks&tv=about  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370817/bio http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370817/bio  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPchmU- pB4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cPchmU- pB4