All these show an increasing enterprise, originality and freedom of style as well as melodic fluency, command of form, and humor. 54-5 and 64) written for a former Esterházy violinist who became a Viennese businessman. More quartets appeared at the end of the decade, op.50 (dedicated to the King of Prussia and often said to be influenced by the quartets Mozart had dedicated to Haydn) and two sets (opp. His influential op.33 quartets, issued in 1782, were said to be 'in a quite new, special manner': this is sometimes thought to refer to the use of instruments or the style of thematic development, but could refer to the introduction of scherzos or might simply be an advertising device. His works of the 1780s that carried his name further afield include piano sonatas, piano trios, symphonies (nos.76-81 were published in 1784-5, and nos.82-7 were written on commission for a concert organization in Paris in 1785-6) and string quartets. In 1759 he was appointed music director to Count Morzin but he soon moved, into service as Vice-Kapellmeister with one of the leading Hungarian families, the Esterházys, becoming full Kapellmeister on Werner's death in 1766. At this time he wrote some sacred works, music for theater comedies and chamber music. He then worked as a freelance musician, playing the violin and keyboard instruments, accompanying for singing lessons given by the composer Porpora, who helped and encouraged him. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, where he sang from about 1740 to 1750. The son of a wheelwright, Franz Joseph Haydn was trained as a choirboy and taken into the choir at St.

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