Joseph Haydn

Austria, 1757–1809

Austrian composer (1732-1809), credited with establishing the symphony and the string quartet as forms. He wrote 104 symphonies and 68 quartets, largely while employed at the Esterhazy court.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Joseph Haydn and 4 artists Joseph Haydn influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Joseph Haydn?

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — Haydn said that whoever knew him thoroughly must discover that he owed a great deal to Emanuel Bach — his early sonatas were his textbook.

Which artists did Joseph Haydn influence?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Mozart dedicated six string quartets to Haydn 'from whom I learned to write quartets', calling him his dearest friend and teacher.
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792 expressly to study with Haydn — 'to receive Mozart's spirit from Haydn's hands', as Count Waldstein wrote.
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel — Haydn taught Hummel organ, arranged his London debut and later secured him the Kapellmeister post at Esterházy — his own old position.
• Luigi Boccherini — Boccherini's chamber style was so close to the Viennese master's that contemporaries dubbed him 'the wife of Haydn'.