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History I: Lives of Classical Composers
Haydn's Life
Haydn born
1732
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Rohrau Austria
Chorister in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
1740
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Haydn learns violin, clavier and organ
1740
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Teaching, accompanying, performed in streets, Viennese idiom + folk music style
1749
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Voice broke, left choir school
1749
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Entered service of Esterhazys
1761 - 1809
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Greater part of creative career, music played central part of festivities, given sole control of orchestra, had orchestra, opera company, marionette theatre and chapel, opportunities to compose, experiment and conduct, constant approval, much fame
Accepted invitation from London impresario Salomon
1790
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Commission for 12 symphonies
Esterhazy Prince's death
1790
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Visited England
1791 - 1792
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Visited England
1794 - 1795
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Died
1809
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Leading musician, acknowledged through Europe
Mozart's Life
Mozart born
1756
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Performed with sister Maria Anne (Nannerl) at court of Empress Maria Theresa
1762
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Grand tour: Paris, London, and Munich
1763
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Wrote sonatas, concertos, symphonies, religious works and operas
1769
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Rebelled against the social restrictions
1780
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Relations with patrons (Hieronymus von Colleredo and Prince Archbishop of Salzburg were strained
Vienna, free-lance musician
1781
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Struggling to achieve financial security
Marries Constanze Weber
1782
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Against father's wishes
Libretto by da Ponte, Don Giovanni for Prague Opera
1786
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Success in Prague, baffled Viennese public, Not pure opera buffa, but dramma giocoso = serio-comic, tragedy and comedy
Offered low-paying job at court of Emperor Joseph II
1787
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In favour of Salieri, Mozart gave minor paying jobs
Composed "Die Zauberflote" (librettist Schikaneder), "Clarinet Concerto"
1790
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Joseph II dies, successor Leopold II gives same job
1790
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"Requiem" commissioned by music loving count
1790
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Mozart died, Sussmayr completes Requiem
1791
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Beethoven's Life
Beethoven born
1770
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Studied with father and Christian Neefe
1780
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Assistant organist in church chapel
1781
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Harpsichordist to court orchestra
1782
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Went to Vienna to play for Mozart
1787
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Went to study with Haydn
1792
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Not satisfied under Haydn
Worked under modified form of patronage system
1794
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Not attached to court of prince, patrons included Prince Lichnowsky, Prince Lobkowitz, Count Razumovsky and Count Waldstein= Received him as an equal and a friend
Starts to lose hearing
1795
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Emergence of middle class public, growth of concert life and music publishing
1796
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Established as greatest pianist of his time, a teacher and promising composer
1798
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Students included Carl Czerny who wrote a book on how to perform Beethoven's music, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, Beethoven's lover for a time, dedicated Moonlight Sonata
Retires to summer resort outside of Vienna, Heiligenstadt
1802
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Wrote Heiligenstadt Testament
Brother dies, bad relations with cousin
1815
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Died in Vienna
1827
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Famous and revered