PROSPECT (Haydn)

PROSPECT (Haydn)

Composer: Michael Haydn
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn Austria 1737-1806. Born at Rohrau, Austria, the son of a wheelwright and town mayor (a very religious man who also played the harp and was a great influence on his sons' religious thinking), and the younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn, he became a choirboy in his youth at the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Vienna, as did his brother, Joseph, an exceptional singer. For that reason boys both were taken into the church choir. Michael was a brighter student than Joseph, but was expelled from music school when his voice broke at age 17. The brothers remained close all their lives, and Joseph regarded Michael's religious works superior to his own. Michael played harpsichord, violin, and organ, earning a precarious living… Go to person page >

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Title: PROSPECT (Haydn)
Composer: Michael Haydn
Meter: H. M.
Incipit: 13355 11224 43233
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #435

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The Tribute of Praise #435

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