Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career.

My latest efforts to go completely power foods has me drowning in a sea of kale and lean meats. If I can't guarantee by own dietary heath, at least I can get a free rush from Franz Joseph Haydn. Haydn ...

Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

A documentary by Phil Grabsky. In English, German, and French with English subtitles. Unrated. Opens Thursday, December 20, at the Vancity Theatre Of all the bigwigs in the pantheon of classical ...

The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work. By Eleanor Stanford Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has released a rare, 11-volume collection of the composer’s 62 piano ...

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At the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, August 8 Franz Joseph Haydn was no Jimi Hendrix of the classical scene. If you've ever taken a music-analysis course (my sympathies to anyone who ...

Haydn is known as ‘the father of the string quartet’ because he was the first to compose four-part music for two violins, a viola and a cello on a regular basis. Beethoven was so overawed by Haydn’s ...