Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732[1], in Rohrau[2]. He died on May 31, 1809[3], in Vienna[4]. He worked as a composer[5], conductor[6], musicologist[7], pianist[8], and independent publisher[9]. He ranks in the top 0.57% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,417 views/month, #5,733 of 1,000,298).[10]
Student: Paul Wranitzky[25], Friedrich Kalkbrenner[26], Marianna Martines[27], Ignaz Pleyel[28], Franciszek Lessel[29], Antonín Kraft[30], Antonín Vranický[31], Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz[32], Sigismund von Neukomm[33], Ludwig van Beethoven[34], Johann Nepomuk Hummel[35], Franz Seraph von Destouches[36]
Sponsor: Joseph Francis, 7th Prince of Lobkowicz[52]
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Things named for Joseph Haydn include Haydn Inlet[60] and Haydn[61].
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Joseph Haydn has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] He is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
He has been cited as an influence by Ludwig van Beethoven[64], a composer[65], 1770–1827[66], of Electorate of Cologne[67], awarded the Bröckemännche Award[68], specialised in classical music[69]; Han Terra[70], a dancer[71], b. 1982[72], of South Korea[73]; and Larysa Moro-Borushenko[74], a pianist[75], b. 1944[76], of Brazil[77].
Works attributed to him include Lo speziale[78], a dramatico-musical work[79]. Entities named for him include Haydn Inlet[60] and Haydn[61].
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