JOSEF GAIDN (1732-1809)

JOSEF GAIDN

(1732-1809)

Franz Josef Gaidn is an Austrian composer. He was born on 31 March 1732 (1 April 1732) in the village of Rorau (Lower Austria). From the age of six he was educated at the Hainburg school, learning to play and put on various musical instruments. Y, who has a unique voice.Gaidn started as a chorister at St. Stephen’s Church in Vienna in 1740 and sang in the church choir until 1749. Y. who lived in poverty and deprivation.Gaydn finds joy only through music. The future composer was born in the Austrian capital in the Talian poet composer and teacher N.Porpora is introduced to him from next door.

From 1753 to 1756.Gaydn N.Porporada works as a jester and at the same time learns composition lessons. In 1759 he accepted the position of church conductor from the Czech count Morsin. At this time, the composer’s first symphony was created and brought him great success. Y.Since gaidn gained the attention of Prince Esterházy, he offers the composer the position of conductor in his court orchestra. Y.Gaydn accepted the offer in 1761 and remained in his service for 30 years. After Esterházy’s death in 1790, Y.Gaydn leaves office. But his name as a composer is already known to Dune. The composer was brought a great deal of pomp by his symphonies. In all, the muaalif pen contained 119 symphonies, among them No. 45-“farewell” (1772), Six Paris symphonies (1785-1786), No. 92-“Oxford” (1789), twelve London symphonies (1791-1795).

1791-1792 and 1794-1795.Gaydn travels to London. In addition to the composer’s symphonic bisot, his pen includes 22 operas, 19 messas, 83 string quartets, 44 piano sonatas, and many other works.

In the field of instrumental music, Y.Gaydn is considered one of the greatest composers of the 18th-early 19th centuries. Under him is the great composer L. van Beethoven took lessons (1792). He spent the last years of his life in Y.Gaidn spent time in Vienna. Here he creates his well-known oratorios” the creation of the world “(1798) and” seasons of the year ” (1801).

Y.Gaydn’s talent was highly regarded by contemporaries at the time. In 1791 he was an honorary Doctor of Oxford University, and in 1798 a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of music.

In 1804, the composer was elected an honorary citizen of Vienna, and in 1808 an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. The composer died in Vienna on 31 May 1809 at the etai.