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Franz Joseph Haydn : The Story of the Choir Boy who became a Great Composer By: Thomas Tapper |
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[Illustration] This book is one of a series known as the CHILD'S OWN BOOK OF
GREAT MUSICIANS, written by Thomas Tapper, author of "Pictures
from the Lives of the Great Composers for Children," "Music
Talks with Children," "First Studies in Music Biography," and
others. By
THOMAS TAPPER THEODORE PRESSER CO.
1712 CHESTNUT STREET
·PHILADELPHIA·
Franz Joseph Haydn The Story of the Choir Boy who
Became a Great Composer
This Book was made by ..........................
Philadelphia
Theodore Presser Co.
1712 Chestnut Str. COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THEODORE PRESSER CO.
Printed in U. S. A.
[Illustration] BORN .................................. DIED ..................................
The Story of the Choir Boy who Became a Great Composer
Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, a little Austrian village not far from
Hainburg. It is quite worth while for you to look for this town and for the River
Leytha in any large geography. You may not find Rohrau itself, for it is
a very small town, but you will surely find the River Leytha which flows
by it. The parents lived in a very modest little house. The picture of this
house is worth studying, and remembering. As you see, it is of one story
with a thatched roof. The farm buildings are joined to the house itself.
The windows look inviting and pretty. They seem to tell us very plainly
that it is warm and cosy within. [Illustration: HAYDN'S BIRTHPLACE] It will be easy for you to remember the year in which Joseph Haydn was
born, because you have already learned in school that our President,
George Washington, whose picture should be inserted here, was born in
the same year 1732. This President's birthday was in what month? What day of the month? [Illustration: WASHINGTON] Joseph Haydn was born on March 31st of the same year (he used to say
that he was born "in the night" between March 31st and April 1st). Washington's father died in the year when he and Joseph Haydn were ten
years old. This is a picture of Washington, as a man, bidding his mother
good bye before leaving for a war. [Illustration: WASHINGTON LEAVING HOME] Little Joseph Haydn's father and mother were poor, but they loved
cleanliness and system. They feared God, worked hard, and loved music. Joseph's father used to
sing in a clear tenor voice, accompanying himself on the harp. At home
little Joseph was called Sepperl. When the child was old enough, he, too, began to sing. He quite
surprised everyone by his sweet voice. In the neighboring town of Hainburg there lived a schoolmaster named
Frankh, who used to visit the Haydns and play the violin. Sepperl used
to watch him very closely, and one day he, too, began to play the violin
while his father and mother were singing. But he had no real violin, of
course, so he had to play on a make believe one of two sticks. But he
sang in tune and kept time with his wooden bow. [Illustration: SEPPERL PLAYING ON TWO STICKS] One day the schoolmaster chanced to come up the street while the little
boy was playing his make believe music. Watching him closely, he saw
that he was really fond of music. Then Cousin Frankh, as they called him, had a long talk with Sepperl's
father and mother. After a while it was agreed that the little boy
should go to Hainburg (the place you found on the map), and there become
a pupil of the schoolmaster... Continue reading book >>
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