Composers World Haydn - Text Book by Thompson
,Compser's World is a new series of picture books for both younger and older readers, illustrating the lives and times of the world's greatest composers. With pictures, words and music, it places each composer's life and owrk within the circumstanced which shaped his career.
,Born when both Bach and Handel were at the height of their fame, Haydn outlived his friend Mozart by eighteen years, having seen his greatest pupil Beethoven well-established in his own career. But neither Mozart nor Beethoven could have created their masterpieces - symphonies, string quartets, sonatas - without the example of Haydn.
