When was haydn married

Joseph Haydn's marriage entry in the records of St. Stephen's Cathedral A-Wd, Tom. In his biography of Haydn, Carl Ferdinand Pohl did not really add much to the information that his predecessors had provided.

The accounts of Griesinger and Dies, however, seem to have strongly narrowed his focus as he delved into primary sources, such as the Vienna church records. Pohl: Joseph Haydn , f. Johann Peter Keller, "hofbefreiter" [entitled to also work on commission from the Court] wigmaker, got married on 12 November in St.

Michael's to Marie Elisabeth Sailler. This marriage was blessed with many children. The younger daughter, with whom Haydn was in love, was accepted as nun into the St.

Nicholas Convent and took up the convent name Josepha. She was not the only one in her family with an inclination towards the church; her sister, Haydn's wife, also showed this inclination and one of her brothers entered the Order of St. Augustine in Graz under the convent name Pater Eduard.

The original document shows that Pohl's transcription is flawed and incomplete. For the corresponding announcement in the Wiener Diarium see the issue of 31 May Because of this child's age of fifteen months, there can be no doubt that this is the daughter of Johann Peter Keller who was born on 9 February and is said to have become Haydn's wife. It is also interesting to learn that this child's forename was Aloisia and not Anna. Aloisia Keller was buried in the cemetery of St. Stephen's on the same day she had died.

The entry concerning Aloysia Keller's burial in the Bahrleihbuch of St. The building was remodelled in and destroyed in a fire after a bombing raid in April Let us not forget, however, that Haydn was the most celebrated composer of his time, and on 10 June he received an unexpected letter from Maria Anna Sabina von Genzinger.

Nicknamed Marianne, she was married to the physician to Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, and bore her husband six children. Marianne was a highly talented amateur musician who had continued her studies into adulthood.

I made this arrangement from the score quite by myself, without the least help from my teacher; please be good enough to correct any mistakes you may find in it. In all my previous correspondence, nothing delighted me more than the surprise of seeing such a lovely handwriting, and reading so many kind expressions; but even more I admired the enclosure the excellent arrangement of the Adagio, which is correct enough to be engraved by any publisher.

Every Sunday, the musical elite of Vienna assembled at the Genzinger home and performed music of the finest quality. For Haydn, this was the fulfillment of his wildest dreams. The Genzinger home offered him all that he had missed throughout his married life.

Yes, past, alas! And who can tell when those happy hours may return—those charming meeting where the whole circle has but one heart and one soul—all those delightful musical evenings that can only be remembered and not described? I beg Your Grace not to shy away from comforting me by your pleasant letters, for they cheer me up in my isolation, and are highly necessary for my heart, which is often very deeply hurt.

By December , Haydn embarked on the first of his two London journeys, and much of the information we have about his time in London comes from letters he wrote to Marianne. When the composer first began working in Eisenstadt, he was originally appointed 'vice-Kapellmeister', as the elderly and infirm Georg Joseph Werner was still officially the Prince's musical director.

Haydn's contract obliged him to dress and conduct himself appropriately, set an example to his subordinate musicians, and compose music at the behest of the Prince. His duties ranged from maintaining instruments and cataloguing musical scores to teaching, composing and performing. He was to be Haydn's benefactor and employer for nigh on thirty years.

In many respects, Nikolaus I was an exemplary patron. Under his employ, Haydn rose to become the third-highest remunerated official in the prince's household. Referring to the great level of esteem enjoyed by Haydn under Nikolaus I, the former later reported that, «My Prince was content with all my endeavours; I received applause I was cut off from the world Among Haydn's compositions were divertimenti for baryton, viola and cello, as well as numerous duets and pieces of ensemble music which included solos to be performed by the prince.

Following the death of Kapellmeister Georg Joseph Werner in , Haydn assumed sole responsibility for music at the court. Once Joseph Haydn was appointed principal Kapellmeister, he purchased a small house near the Franciscan monastery in Eisenstadt for 1, guilders.

The house was to burn down twice, but on each occasion Prince Nikolaus had it rebuilt at his own expense, as further proof of the esteem in which he held his Kapellmeister. For his part, Haydn swore that he would serve the prince «until such time as the death of one or other of them determined otherwise». Dies Haydn sold the house in Since , it has been the home of the Haydn Museum. Erecting a 'Hungarian Versailles' at the marshy corner of a lake, which was to include an opera house, a puppet theatre and numerous ancillary buildings, and raising its status to that of a cultural centre on a par with the best in Europe, was undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements of this high-ranking western Hungarian family of magnates.

From , opera and theatre productions became part of the prince's everyday life: during the period from to alone, Haydn directed more than 1, opera performances. Of the total of 78 operas performed up to , fifteen were by Joseph Haydn including Il mondo della luna , L'isola disabitata , Orlando paladino and Armida , to name but a few. This substantial opera work placed an enormous strain on Haydn. He then began to receive commissions from a number of European countries.

In France, Haydn's works were widely circulated. The 'Paris Symphonies' Nos. Haydn's links to England grew stronger in , when the first attempts were made to woo him to London. Some of his earlier string quartets, later to become famous as Opus 33, are dedicated to the Grand Duke and are known as the 'Russian Quartets'.

Freemasonry, which had gained popularity in educated circles under the reign of Emperor Joseph II — , also piqued the interest of Haydn.

On the very next day, a private concert was held at the apartment of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , at which string quartets composed by this son of Salzburg and dedicated to Joseph Haydn were performed. Leopold Mozart wrote the following famous words to his daughter about this concert: «[ Haydn said to me: Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name; he has taste, and, furthermore, the most profound knowledge of composition.

Marianne von Genzinger — , the wife of Prince Nikolaus' personal physician in Vienna, sent him a piano score which she had based on the Andante from one of his symphonies. Her request for corrections and the hope she expressed that she would soon see Haydn in Vienna was the prelude to a long correspondence which provides us with an insight into the composer's personality.

The admiration expressed by Mrs. On 28 September , Prince Nikolaus I, 'the lover of splendour', breathed his last. His death meant the end of an era in the world history of music. Prince Paul Anton II — , the son and heir of Nikolaus I, did not share his father's interest in music to anything like the same degree, and dismissed the orchestra and choir within a matter of days.

Only Haydn and concert master Luigi Tomasini remained officially in the service of the prince. Haydn retained his title of Kapellmeister and an annual pension of 1, guilders, although he no longer had any duties to perform for Prince Paul Anton. Travels to England — «I am Salomon from London and have come to fetch you.