Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, 45 piano trios, 62 piano sonatas, 14 masses and 26 operas, amongst countless other scores. Life and Music The son of a wheelwright ...

Mariam Batsashvili plays a recital of piano music including Haydn's Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, Beethoven's Rage over a lost penny, as well as music by Brahms, Schubert, and Liszt. Show more Mariam ...

Haydn is the father of classical music. He invented the sonata, the symphony, the concerto and many of the rules used to create these pieces that composers have followed for hundreds of years.