Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Franz Joseph Haydn was one of the greatest composers of the classical period. Almost single-handedly Haydn established the formats on which classical music would be based for more than a century.

Watch a sequence looks at another discovery of Herschel’s – infra-red. Haydn’s orchestral concerts were expensive and exclusive: many people discovered his symphonies through chamber ...

Beethoven was so overawed by Haydn’s talent and reputation as a quartet composer that when he came to publish his own early efforts he rearranged them as short piano pieces to avoid comparison.

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children. His brother Michael, born five years later, also became a composer. Where did the music come from?

Haydn Wood (25 March 1882 – 11 March 1959) was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist. Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882. When he was three ...

Donald Macleod takes a closer look at Haydn's family ties, including his younger brother and fellow composer Michael, with music including Haydn's sparkling Keyboard Concerto in D. Show more ...

The Symphony will showcase a wealth of classical music during the “Beethoven. Brahms. Haydn. Hooten.” program — the ...

The making of this album was captured in the DW documentary "The Haydn Expedition," which will be released this December. The ...