Haydn’s Farewell Symphony Anna Harwell Celenza Illustrated by JoAnn E Kitchel
here are my trunks of clothes bellowed Prince Nicholas And my chess set and the silver candlesticks They are all on the wagons sir replied a weary servant Haydn the prince shouted Are the instruments packed What about the musicians Where are all the musicians They are saying farewell to their families sir Haydn replied Well tell them to hurry up barked the prince I am ready to leave This was the scene at Prince Nicholas’s winter estate in Eisenstadt Austria on a sunny March morning in 1772 The winter’s snow had just started to melt and Prince Nicholas was preparing for the annual move to his summer palace in the Hungarian countryside The palace was called Esterháza and it was the prince’s pride and joy
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