Illustrated Haydn Symphony No. 45 Farewell — Иллюстрированный Гайдн Симфония № 45 Прощальная

Symphony No. 45 ( “Farewell“ ) by Franz Joseph Haydn illustrated with masterpieces of world painting. Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 in F♯ minor, known as the “Farewell“ Symphony (German: Abschieds-Symphonie; modern orthography: German: Abschiedssinfonie), is a symphony dated 1772 on the autograph score. A typical performance of the symphony lasts around twenty-five minutes. The tale of how the symphony was composed was told by Haydn in old age to his biographers Albert Christoph Dies and Georg August Griesinger. At that time, Haydn’s patron Prince Nikolaus Esterházy was resident, together with all his musicians and retinue, at his favorite summer palace at Eszterháza in rural Hungary. The stay there had been longer than expected, and most of the musicians had been forced to leave their wives back at home in Eisenstadt, about a day’s journey away. Longing to return, the musicians appealed to their Kapellmeister for help. The diplomatic Haydn, instead of making a direct appeal, put his request into the music