How is it possible to depict chaos in music? Franz Joseph Haydn had an answer.
Haydn (1732–1809) is The Grand Old Man of classical music, a composer whose career spanned the fading glory of the baroque to the peak of rococo wit to the early urgings of Romanticism. Between 1759 and 1795, Haydn authored more than 100 symphonies, earning him the moniker “father of the symphony.” Friend to Mozart and teacher of Beethoven, Haydn is the central figure in the period of art music properly called Classical (1750–1820).
