After Haydn’s voice broke Queen Maria Theresa apparently reported that, while Michael sang beautifully, Franz Joseph sang ‘like ... in his String Quartet op.20 no.4 whose minuet is marked ...

Haydn’s father was a wheelwright and the village sexton. Joseph was the second of his 12 children ... When she became a nun, he married her sister. She had no love of music, no appreciation of her ...

Joseph Haydn was an Austrian musician who spent most of his career in the service of an aristocratic family in Hungary but became one of the most famous and well-respected composers of his time.