Born on this day – Joseph Haydn:

Joseph Haydn

Composer

March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809

Joseph Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy (1791).

Credits:

Compositions:

Armida; Cello Concerto No. 1; Cello Concerto No. 2; Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser; Harmoniemesse; Haydn: The Creation; himno nacional de Alemania; Kaiserquartett; Keyboard Concerto No. 11; La vera Costanza; Lo Speziale; Missa brevis; Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo; Missa Cellensis; Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae; Missa in tempore belli; Missa Sancti Nicolai; Nelson Mass; Orlando paladino; Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20; Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/52; Piano Trio No. 39; Schöpfungsmesse; Sinfonia Concertante; String Quartet in C major, op. 33 no. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird"; String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 33 no. 2, Hob. III:38 “The Joke”; String Quartet No. 53; String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 1; String Quartets, Op. 20; Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 100; Symphony No. 101; Symphony No. 102; Symphony No. 103; Symphony No. 104; Symphony No. 44; Symphony No. 45; Symphony No. 46; Symphony No. 49; Symphony No. 60; Symphony No. 88; Symphony No. 92; Symphony No. 94; Symphony No. 96; The Seasons; The Seven Last Words of Christ; Theresienmesse; Trumpet Concerto; Variations in F minor; Violin Concerto No. 1.