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Haydn, Michael

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Haydn, Michael (mĭkh`äĕl hī`dən), 1737–1806, Austrian composer, younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn Haydn, Franz Joseph , 1732–1809, Austrian composer, one of the greatest masters of classical music. As a boy he sang in the choir at St. Stephen's, Vienna, where he received his principal musical training.
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. Haydn, largely self-taught, was noted especially for his sacred music. He was a friend of Mozart, whose Symphony No. 37 is actually Haydn's work with an introduction by Mozart. Toward the end of his life Haydn taught the Czech composer Antonín Reicha and Carl Maria von Weber Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von , 1786–1826, German composer and pianist; pupil of Michael Haydn and Abbé Vogler. He made his debut as a pianist at 13 and began to compose at about the same time.
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