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Haydn

 (hīd′n), Franz Joseph 1732-1809.
Austrian composer whose works, which shaped the development of the classical style, include 104 symphonies, 67 string quartets, and the oratorios The Creation (1798) and The Seasons (1801).
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Haydn

(ˈhaɪdən)
n
1. (Biography) (Franz) Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf). 1732–1809, Austrian composer, who played a major part in establishing the classical forms of the symphony and the string quartet. His other works include the oratorios The Creation (1796–98) and The Seasons (1798–1801)
2. (Biography) his brother, Johann Michael (German joˈhan ˈmɪçaeːl). 1737–1806, Austrian composer, esp of Church music
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Hay•dn

(ˈhaɪd n)

n.
1. Franz Joseph, 1732–1809, Austrian composer.
2. (Johann) Michael, 1737–1806, Austrian composer (brother of Franz Joseph Haydn).
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Noun1.Haydn - prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)Haydn - prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
Franz Joseph Haydn, Joseph Haydn
2.Haydn - the music of Haydn
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
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She sang Handel and Haydn to the family of evenings, and engaged in a large piece of worsted work, as if she had been born to the business and as if this kind of life was to continue with her until she should sink to the grave in a polite old age, leaving regrets and a great quantity of consols behind her--as if there were not cares and duns, schemes, shifts, and poverty waiting outside the park gates, to pounce upon her when she issued into the world again.
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Top classical artists from around the globe have taken to the stage for the 26th English Haydn Festival.
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Enid and Haydn Hampson have created the display as Haydn has been fighting cancer and wants to not only give pleasure to others through the lights themselves, but is also keen to collect donations for the hospice which can either be placed in the letterbox or by knocking the door of the porch.
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Haydn arrived on January 7 while his little sister Tilly was born four weeks early on December 8.
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Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century.
Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century

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