The full quote, in translation, is “Times change, and we change with them.” It was written in about 1775, when Haydn was in his early 40s and in the midst of his career with the prince and his enormous house and household. 64 was given the title “Tempora mutantur” by Haydn himself. These, if we listen carefully, give us the full range of Haydn’s genius. Haydn wrote and directed operas for the noble family, composed chamber music for their evening pleasure, and directed the personnel and operations of the prince’s own orchestra, whose members, together with Haydn himself, were housed in a nearby village.Īnd yet this weekend, Saturday night at Tanglewood, we shall be treated to two of Haydn’s most wonderful symphonies: No. Discovered by an aristocratic family (one of the richest and most powerful noble families in the Austro-Hungarian Empire), he was hired to be their court music director. Afterward, he set out on his own as a teacher and composer, living in an attic that leaked rain through the roof. At a young age, he was discovered to have a superb ear for music and a beautiful voice, so he was sent to the cathedral choir school in Vienna. He was born to working-class parents in a small village in Austria. In fact, Franz Joseph Haydn led a respectable, relatively quiet life, simply turning out one masterpiece after another. And they haven’t made a famous film about him. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age.
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