Haydn Author:Pierre Barbaud Biography with full pictorial documentation of the glittering 18th century world in which the composer moved. His modest birthplace and his residences, the Viennese and London opera houses where his music was first performed, the elegant castles and gardens of his patron Esterhazy, the opulence of the Austrian and British courts-- here is Haydn'... more »s world come alive in more than a hundred photographs, etchings, documents, paintings and period drawings by Hogarth and others. The author views the composer's engaging personality, his prodigious creative output, his travels, and his friendships and meetings with Mozart and others.« less