SCORES and musical ARTICLES:

Article: Haydn-the-Yurodivy: [link]

Article: Haydn & Canon: [link]

Article: Haydn & Opera: [link]

Score: Canons from around the world: [link] (various composers, Hayd.& Moz.) JO's Canons (in handwriting): [link] list of: [link]

Mike H. Collection (small, *sob*): [link]

Jo H. Collection (extensive, yay!): [link] & list: [link]

MUSIC:

Michael: (27 symphonies, Divertimento's, Serenade, 3X Masses, 2 Requiems, 4 concerts & misc.): [link]

Joseph (1165 files, so dig in!): [link]

JH Sonata, E flat Major, No.59, 2mvt: [link]

JO's COMPLETE Quartets : [link] of which *Sunrise* comes to mind: [link] OMG! OMG! OMG! As well as ''Seven Words'': *I thirst* V- [link] *Ecce filius tuus* III- [link] (try Emerson Qrtt. ) WITH [link] (Insanae et vanae curae!) & [link] (end chorus from L'Anima del Filosofo!)

THIS is why Haydn's a GENIUS: [link] (Text: [link]
+ Schubertian!-Romantic at least: The Wanderer: baritone: [link] soprano: [link] Text: [link] Seriously, Google *Haydn+Romantic* - all it finds is [link] ... Love. Which means late Haydn, as much as he was able, together with quartets, began leaning towards Romanticism.

Hurdy Gurdy (= Lire Org. - or flute & oboe) concertos: (come on, they're ADORABLE! )

No.1: [link] -2 x Lire Organizzate: [link] + dog. W 1 lire: [link]
No.2: [link] No.3: [link] No.4: [link] No.5: [link]

Good luck finding any decent quality recordings of Mike's VOCAL works - he deserves HD sound, people! [link] & [link] & [link]

MH: Violin concerto: [link]

Bits of Mike's works: cool opening that will hold you on your toes! Operetta *Die Hochzeit auf der Alm* -> [link] & symphony in C: [link] & beautiful Viola + Harpsy con., III Mov.: [link] & concerto for Horn & Trombone: [link] & Trombone concerto: [link] & Flute conc.: [link] & Bassoon conc.: [link] & for Trumpet: [link] (so jolly! )

BACH on Nyckelharpa (a cross between Violin and Hurdy Gurdy): [link], another Harpa example: [link] and a merry treat: [link] - very demanding instrument.

BEETHOVEN, Op. 111: [link] - because we support Boogie-Woogie! AND *Unheard Beethoven*: music from his sketches or unfinished works, MIDI files only: [link]

BEETHOVEN's LETTERS (in Eng.): [link] & [link] and an article about his most superb last work: [link]

Juilliard Manuscript page: [link]

King's Singers: Masterpiece: [link], Salieri: Serenata Cantabile: [link]

MUSICAL QUIZ!!! --> Is it work of MOZART or SALIERI?!!! - Guess! [link] (And shame on you if you don't recognise the singer!)

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Fun and eerie ANECDOTES:
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Jo Haydn and Wolf Mozart had TWIN pianos.

Bursting a bubble: the way I heard it growing up: [link]

Somehow, Jo got credited with 240 + symphonies. Of which he ''only'' wrote about 106.

Michael Haydn DETESTED plagiarism; as a young boy he founded society which detected nicking of themes, melodies & music by other composers - he demanded Original Creativity = a trademark throughout his life. The ONE article that explores possibility of Haydn recanting, is: [link]

TWO in one go - pardon - grave: Maria Anna (Marianne, Nannerl) Mozart and Mike Haydn share the SAME *six-feet-under*: [link] Due to a fellow who wanted to study the ''musical bump'' on Jo's head, mausoleum now holds TWO skulls: his & ''fake'' [link]. Curiously, Mike too got parted with his head; deeply grieving widow asked for permission to nick & clean it: she then kept her husband's skull right at her side - on the night stand (it is now in the urn on top of the monument erected in his memory), while his heart is kept separately in a shrine in St. Peter's Churchyard Cemetery in Salzburg. He was much loved and, despite ''excessive wine (and beer and ...) episodes and a musical style that was never far from a tavern or a dance hall'' - RESPECTED (so that's why his bits are scattered all over the place! Must be a good luck charm.)

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Did-You-Know's:
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- That around 1780, newly written Church edict demanded that the church music should be from then on composed in entirely simple manner (no fugues, no huge orchestra, ah, life of a Kapellmeister had to suck big time ... *snores*)