Friday 16 October 2015

Joseph Haydn | Timeline

March 31, 1732 - Rohrau, Áustria - Joseph Haydn is born
January(?) 1(?), 1738 - Hainburg - Haydn starts studying in Hainburg, near the hungarian border
January(?) 1(?), 1740 - Vienna - Haydn is taken to Vienna as member of a children's choir
January(?) 1(?), 1749 - Vienna - Haydn is dismissed from the Choir, because of his changing voice and an incidente with another chorister
January(?) 1(?), 1751 - Vienna - Haydn composes his first opera, "Der Krumme Teufel" =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1752 - Vienna - After several minor Jobs, Haydn becomes valet–accompanist for the Italian composer Nicola Porpora
January(?) 1(?), 1754 - Vienna - Works for two years at the Austrian Court, in Vienna
January(?) 1(?), 1756 - Weinzierl - Composes his first quartets at the property of Baron Carl Josef Fürnberg
January(?) 1(?), 1757 - Vienna - Baron Fürnberg recommends Haydn to Count Morzin, the composer's first full-time employer.
November 26, 1760 - Vienna - Haydn marries Maria Anna Aloysia Keller
January(?) 1(?), 1761 - Eisenstadt, Áustria - Haydn starts working to the Esterházy Family as vice-kapellmeister
January(?) 1(?), 1766 - Eisenstadt, Áustria - Haydn becomes Kapellmeister, after Gregor Werner dies
December 22, 1783 - Vienna - Haydn and Mozart meet during a performance sponsored by the Tonkünstler-Societät (a charitable organization for musicians) - until 23/12
December 29, 1784 - ? - Haydn applies to the freemason lodge "Zur wahren Eintracht"
January 15, 1785 - Vienna - Haydn visits Mozart and hears the younger composer play the quartets he dedicated to the older colleague
February 11, 1785 - ? - Haydn's admittance ceremony to "Zur wahren Eintracht" lodge
February 12, 1785 - Vienna - Haydn visits Mozart's and hears the younger composer play the quartets he dedicated to the older colleague
December 15, 1790 - Vienna - Haydn leaves Vienna with Johann Peter Solomon
December 25, 1790 - Bonn - On his way to London, Haydn passes through Bonn and meets Ludwig van Beethoven
January 1, 1791 - Calais, France - Haydn embarks on a ship to London on New Year's Day
March 11, 1791 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.96
February 17, 1792 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.93
March 2, 1792 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.98
March 23, 1792 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.94
May 3, 1792 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.97
July 1(?), 1792 - Bonn - Haydn passes through Bonn on his way to Austria and meets Beethoven again. Plans are made to take Beethoven as a student
December 12, 1792 - Vienna - Beethoven's notebook: "Classes with Haydn"
October 1(?), 1793 - Vienna - Haydn and Beethoven have cups of coffee and chocolate together
November 23, 1793 - Vienna - Haydn writes to the Elector of Cologne, about the musical progress of Beethoven
January 1(?), 1794 - Vienna - Haydn departs to London
February 10, 1794 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.99
March 3, 1794 - Hanover Square Rooms, London - Premiere of the Symphony No.101
March 2, 1795 - London - Premiere of the Symphony No.103 at the King's Theatre
May 4, 1795 - London - Premiere of the Symphony No.104 at the King's Theatre
December 8, 1795 - Redoutensaal, Vienna - Haydn performs his 3 Salomon symphonies, and Beethoven plays his Concerto in B flat
January 8, 1796 - Vienna - Haydn and Beethoven play together again
April 29, 1798 - Vienna - Rehearsal of "Die Schöpfung" before a complete audience
March 19, 1799 - Vienna - Public presentation of "Die Schöpfung" at the Michaelerplatz
January 30, 1801 - Vienna - Public presentation to gather money for wounded austrian soldiers at the Battle of Hohenlinden - Haydn conducts some of his symphonies
April 24, 1801 - Vienna - Premiere of "The Creation" for the aristocracy, at Schwarzenberg Palace
May 19, 1801 - Vienna - Presentation of "The Creation" for the public, at Redoutensaal
December 26, 1803 - Eisenstadt - Haydn's last presentation, with "the seven last words"
March 27, 1808 - Eisenstadt - Performance of "the Creation" in his honor. The frail Haydn is brought to listen to it
May 10, 1809 - Vienna - French troops bombard Haydn's neighbourhood
May 13, 1809 - Vienna - The austrian capital falls in french hands
May 17, 1809 - Vienna - A french officer, Sulémy, visits Haydn to pay his respects and sing one of Haydn's "The Creation" arias for the old composer
May 26, 1809 - Vienna - Haydn plays the "Emperor's Hymn" with renewed spirit, but colapses in the same night
May 31, 1809 - Vienna - Joseph Haydn dies =(END)


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