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There are 106 symphonies by the classical composer Joseph
Haydn. Of these, 104 have numbers associated with them
which were originally assigned by Eusebius Mandyczewski in
1908 in the chronological order that was known at the time.[1]
In the subsequent decades, numerous inaccuracies in the
chronology (especially in the lower numbers) were found, but
the Mandyczeski numbers were so widely used that when
Anthony van Hoboken compiled his catalogue of Haydn's
works, he incorporated the Mandyczeski number into
Catalogue I (e.g., Symphony No. 34 is listed as Hob. I/34).[1]
Also in that time period, two additional symphonies were
discovered (which were assigned non-Mandyczeskian letters A
and B) bringing the total to 106.
Franz Joseph Haydn[1][2] (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was an
Austrian composer. He was one of the most important, prolific and
prominent composers of the classical period. He is often called the
"Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of
his important contributions to these genres. He was also instrumental in
the development of the piano trio and in the evolution of sonata
form.[3][4]
A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent much of his career as a court
musician for the wealthy Hungarian aristocratic Esterházy family on their
remote estate. Isolated from other composers and trends in music until
the later part of his long life, he was, as he put it, "forced to become
original".[5] At the time of his death, he was one of the most celebrated
composers in Europe.[6]
Joseph Haydn was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a highly
regarded composer, and Johann Evangelist Haydn, a tenor. He was also
a close friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a teacher of Ludwig van
Beethoven.
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