![]() The opening movement is in an Allegro tempo in 2/4 time, and follows classical Sonata-Allegro form. ![]() ![]() Therefore, the sound and range for this concerto is quite adequately realized by the modern trumpet. The mouthpiece was shallow and cup-shaped like that of a trumpet, and the instrument was as long as the eighteenth century Yager trumpet and also had its same bore size. By 1803 he was world famous and had enough money to retire, but with Mozart just behind him and then Beethoven, both of whom added a large helping of personality to Haydn's rules, he is now seen, perhaps unfairly, as the weakest of the three.This three-movement composition, now played on the modern trumpet, was originally written for a hunting horn or corno di caccia (also called a trompe de chasse, cor de chasse), a valveless horn coiled in the style of modern French horns, and used in the works of J.S. The richest family in Europe at that time were the Esterhazy's and Haydn worked for them for most of his life, creating music for the best musicians and having the time to experiment and try stuff out. He left at 16 and began a career as court composer for a series of wealthy families. Haydn's musical life began when he was sent away to boarding school at 6 years old. He wrote a lot of music - 104 symphonies, over 20 concertos, 60 piano sonatas and 83 string quartets! He taught both Mozart (the two were great friends) and Beethoven (they didn't get along, Beethoven thought Haydn was 'boring') and he helped both of them in their careers afterwards by telling everyone how great they were. He invented the sonata, the symphony, the concerto and many of the rules used to create these pieces that composers have followed for hundreds of years. Joseph Haydn BORN: 1732 / DIED: 1809 / NATIONALITY: Austrian ![]()
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