It is believed that Mozart himself played the viola part, which he transposed up a semitone to enhance its sonority and brilliance. Finally, is Joseph Haydn’s Symphony no. 97 in C major, Hob.

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It is the kind of joke Mozart would have appreciated. Like the wit in some of his operas, it is unexpected, mischievous, deflating, childish, even a bit humiliating: it can be found on the ...

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, ...

Remembered as a child prodigy, how did Mozart craft the masterpieces that would remain well known over two hundred years after his death? Research from the Music Department has unearthed a new side to ...

Later in the Classical period, society and audiences began to change. As the middle-class grew wealthier, there was a growing demand for entertainment and more public concert halls had to be built.

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?

Finally, is Joseph Haydn’s Symphony no. 97 in C major, Hob. I:97. Haydn’s celebrated London Symphonies were inspired by the composer’s highly successful visits to England between 1791 and ...