Haydn Quotes

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“I want to buy some records,' he [Thomas Mann] said.

'Add something to surprise me,' she [Katia Mann] said.

'Give me a clue.'

'Haydn, maybe,' she said. 'Some quartets or his piano music. That would be nice, and they do no harm.'

'Is that why you want them?'

She smiled.

'They remind me of summer.”
Colm Tóibín
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“In poche righe le confessava le sue emozioni dicendo di essersi sentito "come nell'Allegro con Brio della Sonata 50 in Re Maggiore di Haydn".”
Daniel Mason, The Piano Tuner

David Hurwitz
“Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov considered Haydn to be the most accomplished symphonic orchestrator who ever lived, and as the creator of such colorful works as -Sheherazade- and the -Capriccio espagnol-, he should know.”
David Hurwitz, Exploring Haydn: A Listener's Guide to Music's Boldest Innovator

David Hurwitz
“Haydn was quite simply the greatest variation writer who ever lived.”
David Hurwitz, Exploring Haydn: A Listener's Guide to Music's Boldest Innovator

“Think of me as a man to whom God has given talent and a good heart. I make no greater claims.”
Joseph Haydn
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David Hurwitz
“It's just one of those remarkable historical ironies that Haydn, superbly trained as a singer in the St. Stephens cathedral choir of Vienna, followed by several more years as apprentice/assistant to the renowned Italian singing teacher Porpora, ultimately became famous as a composer of instrumental music, whereas Mozart, the great piano virtuoso of his age, wrote the first important operas in the modern repertoire and is arguably most highly acclaimed as a writer for the voice.”
David Hurwitz, Exploring Haydn: A Listener's Guide to Music's Boldest Innovator