Haydn, qui per vitam omnem in Austria habitavit, multum sui cursús musici in curia Domús Esterházyanae in praedio remoto degit. Ab aliis compositoribus et progressu musico usque ad ultimam vitae partem distans Haydn, ut ipse dixit, est "proprius fieri compulsus."[6] Tempore mortis suae fuit unus ex illustrissimis compositoribus Europae.
↑Dies incertus, nam Haydn ipse amicis dicebat se hoc die natum esse (Geiringer 1982:9; Jones 1810:8), sed nonnulli cognati Kalendas Apriles, diem baptismi eius, dicebant. Illo enim tempore documenta publica non diem natalem sed diem baptismi perscribebant (Wyn Jones 2009:2–3).
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