

In early summer and autumn are even more limited and the museum closes off-season. The Haydn Museum has limited opening hours from July to September, it is open in the afternoons and after the "5-o-clock Concerts" (see our article onĬoncerts in Salzburg for further details). Note that the tomb of Michael Haydn can be seen in the This makes the museum a friendly and quite interactive place. The 37 masses, 43 symphonies, 19 operas and other major works by Michael Haydn provide an impressive portfolio from which visitors of the Haydn Museum can listen into samples. It will show youĪspects of Baroque and Classical music that you will not learn about in the mainstream Mozartmania that Salzburg celebrates for some 200 years now. The Haydn Museum is small and clearly not the most popular museum in Salzburg, but well worth a visit. Haydn ended up in a comfortable position at the court of the Prince Archbishop, whereas Mozart frustratedly moved to Vienna. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Haydn has received more than 330,553 page views. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Whilst Haydn was effectively a foreigner, Mozart as a local failed to achieve the successes that Haydn produced. Johann Michael Haydn (German: hadn (listen) 14 September 1737 10 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Visitors should note the interesting differences in the biographies of Haydn and It shows some 160 items that illustrate the life and work of Haydn′s "little brother". He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. There is a small museumĭedicated to Michael Haydn, situated in theĪbbey of St. Franz Joseph Haydn (/ h a d n / HY-dn, German: fants jozf hadn i 31 March 1732 ) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. Michael Haydn, who was also a composer and spent most of his career in Salzburg.

Relatively few people know about his brother Michael? Wasn′t it Joseph Haydn? Correct, the famous father of the Viennese Classic School went by the name of Joseph.
