... would compose towards their interests as well as his own. Much of Haydn's innovation comes from his isolation for parts of the year. Prince Nikolas built a summer home called Esterhaza which rivaled the magnificence of the original Esterhazy manor Eisenstadt. Prince Nikolas convinced himself to build a palace in a murky area near a lake that eventually made for costly construction. However ... the local Hungarian villagers parade by the palace with banners and perform their native dances and songs. Prince Nikolas had a wonderful fondness for these traditions as did Haydn, who would work ...

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... two to three attentive people actually listening. These musicians often played in private and for leisure. "The players were tolerable; not one of them excelled on the instrument he played, but there was a little science among them, which I dare say will be acknowledged when I name them: The First ViolinHAYDN." (Rice, pg. 211) Haydn was one of these music enthusiasts and he wrote ... trips to London around 1791-1792. (Rice, pg. 239) Haydn's popularity as a composer was spreading, and this subsequently caught the attention of a man name Salomon. Salomon was searching for musicians to sta...

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... wanted to hear concertos and symphonies, so they had public concerts. They wanted their children to learn music and play instruments. The composers began writing music geared towards the middle class. They wrote music that was easier to understand and play. Serious music changed to comic operas, popular folk tunes, ... fugues for songs. Between the ages of 8 and 12, he wrote a symphony, an oratorio, and an opera. His father put him on tour, where he played for a numerous amount of aristocrats. When he returned home, at age 15, to Salzburg, he was working for a prince archbishop who trea...

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