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Thus did Court Composer Franz Joseph Haydn hint to his employer, Prince Esterhazy, that autumn was well along, and that he and his musicians were chafing to get back to Vienna...
Such a man intrigues Vag. Everyone knows that he went deaf before he was thirty and still composed some of the most superlative music of all time. But few know that, in his early life, he was superbly egotistic. From his great teacher, Haydn, he insisted that he learned nothing. He made enemies because of his overbearing manner as fast as he made friends with his music; he disdained to hear Mozart's operas "lest I forfeit some of my originality." "I want none of your moral (precepts)," he once wrote, "for Power is the morality of men who loom...
...Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B Flat Major (Boston Symphony, Sergei Koussevitzky conducting; Victor: 6 sides). Finest vintage Haydn, perfectly bottled...
...Haydn: Concerto in D Major, Op. 21, for Piano and Orchestra (Orchestre Symphonique of Paris, M. F. Gaillard conducting, with Marguerite Roesgen-Champion; Columbia: 4 sides). Earlier vintage Haydn, with less body but plenty of sparkle. Pianist Roesgen-Champion serves it properly: at room temperature...
...concert will feature a joint rendering of two choruses of Haydn's Oratorial Creation. G. Woodworth will conduct the Glee Club in their special numbers...