Nohl’s short popular biography follows Joseph Haydn from a poor childhood and choirboy years through an unhappy marriage, the long seclusion at Eisenstadt in the service of the Esterházy princes, and his late triumphs in London. Conversations, letters and anecdotes show the genial character behind the symphonies and quartets.
A friendly introduction to the father of the symphony, translated by George P. Upton. Download the free EPUB.