![]() ![]() Few of them lack some unexpected detail or clever solution to a formal problem. By one estimate, Haydn produced some 340 hours of music, more than Bach or Handel, Mozart or Beethoven. Part and parcel of Haydn's formal mastery was his famous sense of humor, his feeling for the unpredictable, elegant twist. His influence upon later composers is immeasurable Haydn's most illustrious pupil, Beethoven, was the direct beneficiary of the elder master's musical imagination, and Haydn's shadow lurks within (and sometimes looms over) the music of composers like Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. His operas, too, have finally come to be regarded as well-crafted and deserving of far greater attention than they had historically received in the 20th century. He also wrote several masterful oratorios and masses, especially in his later years. In hundreds of instrumental sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies, Haydn both broke new ground and provided durable models indeed, he was among the creators of these fundamental genres of classical music. ![]() Perhaps his most important achievement was that he developed and evolved the most influential structural principle in the history of music: his perfection of the set of expectations known as sonata form made an epochal impact. Franz Joseph Haydn is the composer who, more than any other, epitomizes the aims and achievements of the Classical era. ![]()
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