Joseph Haydn
This lens gathers a lot of really fun links for studying Joseph Haydn, especially the Surprise Symphony. My children love his music and we often listen as we eat breakfast or during our drawing time.
Papa Haydn
Links for Children to Learn About Joseph Haydn
- Biography for Young Readers
- This one page biography in PDF format makes it easy for young learners to read about Joseph Haydn.
- Sheet Music for the Surprise Symphony
- Want to play a portion of the Surprise Symphony? Here is a link to the piano music for the Second Movement.
- More Information on the Surprise Symphony
- In this Wikipedia article, you get more detailed information about the music theory of the Surprise Symphony.
- Composer Study-Haydn
- Jimmie, a fellow Squidoo Lensmaster, has put together a blog entry sharing her daughter's study of Joseph Haydn. She includes her books, links, and images of their notebooking pages on Joseph Haydn.
Resources for Children
Learn About Joseph Haydn
The Farewell Symphony
Wonderful picture book that comes with a CD featuring the Farewell Symphony.
Amazon Price: $16.46 (as of 11/28/2009) 
The Best of Haydn
Wonderful collection of Haydn's best known works
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/28/2009)
Joseph Haydn: The merry little peasant
Opal Wheeler always tells a fabulous story. A great living book on Haydn.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/28/2009)
Stories of the Great Composers (Book & CD) (Learning Link)
Haydn is included in this book with accompanying CD.
Amazon Price: $11.07 (as of 11/28/2009)
Meet the Great Composers Book 1 (Learning Link)
Another book where you can learn about Haydn as well as other composers. Book and CD.
Amazon Price: $17.05 (as of 11/28/2009)
The Story of Haydn
Over one hour of muiscal selections with narration
The Story Of Haydn
Amazon Price: $2.98 (as of 11/28/2009)
Economical way to learn about Joseph Haydn and his music. For all ages.
Notebooking Pages for Your Study of Joseph Haydn
- NotebookingPages.com-Free Page for Haydn
- This free page for Joseph Haydn includes a portrait and several lines in pdf format.
- Notebookingpages.com-Blank music page
- This notebooking page has lines for you to keep track of the different pieces of music you listen to in your study of Joseph Haydn.
Links to Listen to Haydn Online
- The Best of Haydn
- You will need to sign up for a free account on Naxos.com in order to listen to parts of his music. You can subscribe to Naxos.com for $19.95 a year and you will have access to complete collections of CDs for all the composers on the website. I highly recommend this website for online listening.
- Classical Archives for Haydn
- Here again you can listen to music free if you sign up with your email address. There are plenty of free things to listen to as long as you don't listen to more than five selections in a 24 hour period.
More Composer Information
Like what you see here? Try my blog for more composers.
- Harmony Art Mom
- This link will take you to my art and music appreciation blog and all the entries I have shared about various composers and musical time periods. Make sure to scroll down and see the list of composers on my right sidebar.
Additional Composer Resources.
Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
This book is aimed at an older audience but is easily read by middle schoolers independently.
Amazon Price: $9.39 (as of 11/28/2009)
Farewell Symphony
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- Sebastian (a lady) Sebastian (a lady) Oct 22, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
- I was checking out the Story of Haydn cd, and realized that Haydn wrote the music that is the German national anthem. I had no idea, despite living there for three years.
You're right this is a great price. I've seen these as high as $10 each.
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- john john Apr 20, 2009 @ 7:45 am
- it was really cool (i've read ihe book)
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- Brenda Brenda Apr 18, 2009 @ 11:07 am
- We just watched the Farewell Symphony on you-tube. Thanks for the great links!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Dec 17, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
- I have a few of these resources! The Surprise Symphony is a fun one!
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