September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
For a venue to boast that famous composers have conducted or premiered there is one thing; Eszterhaza in Fertod, Hungary, is unique in that composer Joseph Haydn was actually in residence there for nearly a quarter of a century. In fact, Eszterhaza was so significant in Haydn’s life that he composed and premiered most of his symphonies there, performed with the help of the in-house orchestra.
This grand palace had quite murky beginnings, literally. In 1762, Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, a renowned lover of the arts, set about to begin construction of the complex on swampland ...
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