If it weren’t for Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn would be the most famous composer of the Classical era. And yet, Haydn and Mozart were friends and mutual admirers, and Beethoven studied composition with ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Symphony of the Americas will perform the music of Franz-Joseph Haydn, conducted by Artistic Director Pablo Mielgo, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7:45 pm at Amaturo Theater. Considered the father of the ...

On this week’s episode of Music in the Making, we’re celebrating National Friendship Day, with music by a pair of composer compatriots, Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Haydn and Mozart ...

The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work. By Eleanor Stanford Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has released a rare, 11-volume collection of the composer’s 62 piano ...

Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career.

This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. And they haven’t made a famous film about him.

A well-known pianist colleague confessed a dislike of Haydn because “his music is like playing parlour games in Latin.” So let’s play some parlour games: In what year did Mozartkugeln (chocolate balls ...

Lubbockites will have a chance to experience one of the preeminent oratorios of the Classical Period when the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and The Lubbock Chorale present Franz Joseph Haydn's "The ...

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has released a rare, 11-volume collection of the composer’s 62 piano sonatas. By David Allen After opening its season at Alice Tully Hall, the orchestra found more congenial ...