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| | The New Classical Music Forums - Haydn Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Born in the village of Rohrau, near Vienna, on March 31, 1732, Haydn sang in the choir at St. Stephen's, Vienna during his youth. |
 | | Most of his remarkable musical output was created in the 29 years of his service to princes Esterházy. |
 | | He created the simple forms of symphonic music and string quartet, which were later to be a model and motivation for the works of Mozart, and of Beethoven. |
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