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Joseph Haydn
- Haydn and MozartIn 1773, a seventeen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visited Vienna and wrote six string quartets numbered K. 168 through 173.
- Tonkünstler-SocietätFlorian Gassmann established the Tonkünstler-Societät in 1771. The organization bore a long German name meaning Society of Viennese Musicians for the Support…
- Joseph HaydnIn the village of Rohrau, Austria, a child named Joseph Haydn was born on the 31st of March 1732. His father Mathias worked as a wheelwright and served as…
- Haydn Quartets (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moved to Vienna in 1781 to begin his freelance career. Joseph Haydn had completed his influential Opus 33 String Quartets the year…
- Michael von PuchbergJohann Michael von Puchberg lived in Vienna during the 18th and early 19th centuries. He worked as a textile merchant while maintaining close ties to the…