loved very much as both a man and a musician, and unlike many other composers when he died

in 1809. he was one of the most celebrated composers in the world.

Haydn once said, "Young people can see from my example that something can still come

from nothing, but what I am is the result of dire necessity." And it was very true. The story of

Haydn was a classic story of "rags to riches." His father, Mathias Haydn (1699-1763), was a

wheelwright who after traveling through Germany settled in Rohrau, a village in Austria near the

border of Hungary. A year later, Mathias married Anna Maria Koller (1707-1754), and on April

1, 1732, Franz Joseph Haydn was born. He was the eldest of twelve children, six of whom never

lived past infancy. They lived in a quiet, modest home, which was always kept neat and tidy.

Music played a big role in the Haydn home. Mathias, through years of travel, learned how to play

the harp and would come home after work and practice. He and his wife would sing Austrian

folk songs along to the music, and the children quickly caught on. This was a nightly ritual and

one night a distant cousin named Johann Ma

teaching the younger boys. This meant Joseph was often the teacher of his younger brother,

works during his lifetime. Over a two year span, the opera was performed over thirty times in

Franck was the school rector from Haimburg and was responsible for the music there. When he

compassionate and put a guard in from of Haydn's home, in an attempt stop the dying man from

Haydn's first orchestral compositions came out in 1758 when he became the conductor of

and arranging music as well as giving lessons in music. This earned him enough money to pay

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