Born in a small town just inside Austrian borders, Haydn did not have much of a chance to be anything other than a wheelwright like his father. However, his father was a man who loved to sing and when Haydn was a boy, he memorized almost every song his father sang. This was his beginning in music. Later on, he received an education from his uncle where he gained more of an interest in music. Participation in a

The baroque period used styles of music that included very complicated themes that made music hard to comprehend or sometimes over-dazzled the listener. During the classical period, the idea was not to over-dazzle or over-confuse the listener but to show emotion very clearly and logically. This was done through the use of dynamics and orchestral color in a thematic way. Haydn's music had ever aspect of this characteristic of the classical period. He often gave different instruments in an orchestra the chance to play out to give the orchestra more "color" and also to display emotions very clearly. For example, his Symphony No.100 also known as the "Military," uses a variety of instruments as well as a wide variety of dynamics to show emotion. He used the drums to represent the ratata of the troops marching and of course, used the trumpets and trombones for the fanfare. In the middle, he suddenly gets louder and louder as suddenly, the full orchestra breaks out in a wave of sound to give the hellish roar of war. Haydn was a master of using dynamics to keep his audience occupied.

In the second quarter of the eighteenth century, well before Haydn and Mozart, the classical style began to emerge in works by a large number of composers scattered throughout Europe. Although it is impossible to interpret the music of these pioneers as establishing a unified style, their works all contained anti-baroque tendencies. The galant style was developed, a light hearted, elegant, simple, and straightforward in harmonic motion style that was well displayed throughout most of Haydn's works. Most of this style was used to develop the string quartets and the symphonies that Haydn created as well as being a significant part to his comic operas and his rough folk-like dance music. Mozart was so impressed by Haydn's use of the galant style in Haydn's string quartets that he dedicated six quartets to him calling them his "six sons." The string quartet the had impressed Mozart so much was the string Quartet in B flat Major, Op.1 No.1. It had 4 short movements in a major chord with melodic material on the sound of the first violin creating a happy accessible mood.

One of the grand themes of the Classical period that separated it from the Baroque period was the use of structure and harmonic rhythm to represent the large-scale emotion of sadness. In other words, using volume to portray emotion. One of the developments of the Classical period that differ quite from the Baroque's happy type music was the style of Sturm and Drang. This music was often played in unconventional keys especially in the minor. They were tragically intense in color, full of passionate chromatic harmonies designed to portray sadness or despair. This type of music was influenced by a new cult in German literature about suicide, madness, and despair. Probably the greatest composer that portrayed this style in his music was Haydn. Of his many symphonies, about 12 are dedicated to this style. One of them, Trauersinfonie, he requested to be played at his funeral because it is also called the "Mourning Symphony." Haydn's best work of this style was known as the "Farewell." Having spent many, many years at Esterhaza, he and the musicians of his orchestra wanted to leave but instead of telling the Prince that directly, he took a more subtle approach. In this piece that was written in the extremely unusual key of F sharp minor, he added an extra, ver slow movement at the end. During this movement, each group of instruments played slowly and with a lot of emotion and as they finished, they crept out by pairs and blew out their candles. Soon, only Haydn and Tomasini, the leader of the orchestra, were left. When they finished, they to

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