Haydn Archive

The most celebrated component of the six Op. 64 quartets is the Fifth, in D, the so-called “Lark” of which Richard Wigmore writes: “The first movement’s unforgettable, winged melody sounds high on the first violin’s …

Brahms composed the Haydn Variations during a summer retreat in 1873. The theme for the variations came into Brahms’ hands via his fascination with music manuscripts. In 1870, C.F. Pohl, Haydn biographer and librarian of …

I listened today for the very first time to the Andante and Variations in F-Minor by Josef Haydn. In as much as music has been a part of my life for so many years, I …

Joseph Haydn composed his six string quartets Opus 64 in 1797. The first movement of the # 6 is in E flat major—a mellow key for strings—is predominantly lyrical and inward-looking. The widely modulating development works …

Franz Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732, in Rohrau, a small village in Austria. His father Mathias Haydn was a master wheelwright who loved music and often played the harp while his wife …