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- He remained in Salzburg as concertmaster for the rest of his life and succeeded Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as cathedral organist in 1781. During his lifetime Michael Haydn was considered a better composer of church music than his brother.
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During his lifetime Michael Haydn was considered a better composer of church music than his brother. Of the many masses he wrote, Missa a due cori (also known as Missa Hispanica; 1786) is an outstanding work for orchestra and vocal soloists, and his Requiem of 1771 influenced Mozart’s own famous Requiem of 1791.
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10. Sibling rivalry. It is said that Haydn's younger brother Michael (pictured) was far better behaved than him when they were both at the St Stephens Cathedral school, and that in fact it was Michael that the family had placed their hope for the future in - apparently Joseph was far too involved in practical jokes to ever be a success! 15 images.
Joseph regarded his brother's music highly, to the point of feeling Michael's religious works were superior to his own (possibly for their devotional intimacy, as opposed to Joseph's monumental and majestic, more secularized, symphonic style).
Now most famous for being the younger brother of (Franz) Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn's sacred music was better regarded than that of his brother during their lifetimes. His early years are largely undocumented. The date of his birth unknown, we do know that he was baptized on September 14 1737 at Rohrau, Lower Austria.
Mar 31, 2019 · By Emilia Campagna. March 31, 2019. Among Classical composer, the name of Haydn is one of the most familiar, isn’t it? This is true when you think of Franz Joseph Haydn. It’s not the same when it comes to his brother, Michael, who was born in 1737 and died in 1806 in Salzburg.
Jul 12, 2021 · Like his older brother Joseph Michael (Sept. 4, 1737 – Aug. 10, 1806) was a Classical composer, composing more than 40 symphonies and during their lifetimes Michael was consider a better sacred music composer than his brother. [Listen to one of Michael's church compositions, Requiem in C minor (1771), in the video below. The video is cued to ...
Even though he was historically overshadowed by his more famous brother, Franz Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn retained an attitude of God-centeredness within his compositions and his life-style, and understood the power of music in religion as a guidance towards the ultimate reality of God and the eternal spirit.
