Joseph Haydn was without a doubt one of the greatest composers of his day. He was
loved very much as both a man and a musician, and unlike many other composers when he died
in 1809. he was one of the most celebrated composers in the world.
Haydn once said, "Young people can see from my example that something can still come
from nothing, but what I am is the result of dire necessity." And it was very true. The story of
Haydn was a classic story of "rags to riches." His father, Mathias Haydn (1699-1763), was a
wheelwright who after traveling through Germany settled in Rohrau, a village in Austria near the
border of Hungary. A year later, Mathias married Anna Maria Koller (1707-1754), and on April
1, 1732,
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