In his famous biography of Haydn, Albert Christoph Dies, who interviewed Haydn in his last few years recalls how he ".opened up and found a couple of dozen letters in the English language. Wednesday, June 29th 1791." As with her husband, Rebecca Schroeter fell in love with her music teacher, and Haydn fell in love with her. Haydn, and informs him, she is just returned to town, and will be very happy to see him whenever it is convenient for him to give her a lesson. Schroeter presents her compliments to Mr. On 29th June 1791, the recently widowed Rebecca Schroeter wrote Haydn a letter, inviting him to give her a music lesson, and Haydn accepted the invitation: “Mrs. The family had employed Schroeter as her music teacher.
She became a passionate amateur musician and married the German composer Johann Samuel Schroeter, much against the wishes of her wealthy family. Rebecca Schroeter (nee Scott) (1751-1826) was the daughter of a wealthy Scottish businessman who lived in London. Shortly before he visited Oatlands, Haydn had begun a secret romantic relationship with Rebecca Schroeter. It is very large and contains many diversions, inter alia actual water that flows in from various sides, a beautiful English garden, various entrances and exits, besides a most charming bath." Among its many beauties is a most remarkable grotto which cost £25,000 sterling, and which was eleven years in the building. He was the guest of the Duke of York and the Prince of Wales, playing music for four hours each evening: "The little castle, eighteen miles from London, lies on a slope and commands the most glorious view. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) recorded a 2-day visit to Oatlands Palace in November 1791 in his London Notebooks. However, the opera's performance was blocked by intrigues, and it was performed for the first time in Firenze, Itlay in 1951 starring Maria Callas in the role of Euridice. He was also commissioned to compose an opera, L'anima del filosofo. They include the Surprise, Military, Drumroll, and London symphonies, the Rider quartet, and the Gypsy Rondo piano trio. The compositions he made in England are now among his best-known works. The musical historian Charles Burney reviewed his first London concert: "Haydn himself presided at the piano-forte and the sight of that renowned composer so electrified the audience, as to excite an attention and a pleasure superior to any that had ever been caused by instrumental music in England." London audiences flocked to Haydn's concerts, which added to his fame and made him financially secure. Both of his two visits in 95 were a huge success, and important in the development of his career. He accepted a lucrative offer from the German impresario Johan Peter Salomon to visit England to conduct new symphonies with a large orchestra. He was a life-long resident of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy, aristocratic Hungarian Esterházy family.Īfter the death in 1790 of his patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, Haydn was relieved of his position and received a pension from the Prince's heir. His work is hugely influential in the development of the symphony, string quartet, and piano trio, and the sonata form. He was one of the most prolific, famous, and innovative composers. Franz Joseph Haydn, usually known as known as Joseph Haydn, was an Austrian-born composer.
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