![]() ![]() Haydn only returns once or twice to his home village. He listens to the boy's fine soprano and convinces Haydn's parents to send little "Sepperl" to his school at Hainburg on the Danube for further instruction. Visit of Haydn's half uncle Johann Mathias Franck at Rohrau who is a teacher in Hainburg since. Salzburg), later known as the "Salzburg Haydn".īaptism of brother Johann Michael Haydn in Rohrau, baptismal register. ib.), marriage entryīirth of brother Johann Michael Haydn in Rohrau (md to Maria Magdalena Lipp d. Hainburg), who takes him to Hainburg in 1738, marries Juliana Rosina Seefranz as his second wife (bapt. Johann Mathias Franck, Joseph Haydn's half uncle (bapt. She is Haydn's first great love in the 1750s, baptismal register. ![]() ) in 1793/1794 erects a monument for Haydn in his palace gardens, which you can find in front of the Rohrau village town hall today (see 1793).īaptism of Theresia Helena Keller (d. Before being married to Mathias, Haydn's mother Anna née Koller has been working as a cook for the territorial lord, Count Karl Anton Harrach (b. Haydn's father Mathias Haydn is a cartwright and, as his later election as a village magistrate or "Marktrichter" shows, a well-respected citizen of the village of Rohrau. The surviving siblings (Franziska, Johann Michael, Anna Maria, Anna Katharina, Johann Evangelist) can be found in this biography. Haydn is the second of twelve children, six of them have only short lives. He uses his first given name Franz only as an exception. All his life, Haydn emphasizes that he never wants to live as an April Fool's joke, and consequently uses March 31 as his birthday. So it is widely accepted that Mais the actual day of birth. At Haydn's time, because of high child mortality rate, parents used to baptize their children on the first or second day of their lives. The church record on his baptism shows April 1, 1732. Weimar) is the editor of the first German musical encyclopaedia: "Musicalisches Lexicon or Musicalische Bibliotec, Leipzig 1732 bei Wolffgang Deer".įranz Joseph Haydn is born on Main the small hamlet of Rohrau (today Lower Austria). Thus it is obvious that Haydn's wife is the said Maria Anna Theresia Keller. She already died at the early age of 1 1/4 years on in Vienna. Through comprehensive research especially by Michael Lorenz it is proven and also published in the Haydn House in Eisenstadt that the long-term tradition of Keller's daughter Maria Anna Aloysia Apollonia (bapt. Vienna) and Maria Elisabeth Sailler (dates to be researched). Her parents are wig maker Johann Peter Keller (b. Fertöszentmiklós, Hungary), baptismal register.īaptism of Haydn's later wife Maria Anna Theresia Keller in Vienna (d. ![]() Rohrau), marriage entry.īaptism of Haydn's older sister (Anna Maria) Franziska (md to Johann Vieltzwiser (Filzwieser), wid d. Marriage of Haydn's parents Mathias Haydn (bapt. Eisenstadt) is installed as Capel-Meister of the court orchestra by Princess Maria Octavia Esterházy (b. Haydn returned to work for Prince Nicolas II for the remainder of his life.Gregor Joseph Werner (bapt. When Prince Anton died, his son, Prince Nicolas II wanted Haydn to come back and rebuild the orchestra as it used to be. Prince Anton kept Haydn on as choir director, but there were very few concerts throughout the year, so Haydn traveled around a lot during this time. When Nicolas died, his son, Anton, was not interested in music, so he disbanded the orchestra. Haydn ended up working for Prince Nicolas for the next 29 years, writing music for all of the splendid parties that Nicolas held all the time. The Prince that hired him, Prince Paul, died one year after Haydn came aboard, but the Prince’s brother, Nicolas, became the new Prince and he enjoyed music even more than Prince Paul. This Palace is only the summer home of the Esterhazys. Of the wealthiest families in the whole country.Prince Paul Prince Nicholas Haydn lived in a giant castle built for the Prince, called Esterhaza. Haydn worked for the Esterhazy family for about 50 years. Haydn soon got a job as a composer to the court of Prince Esterhazy, a Hungarian nobleman. ![]()
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