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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Accompanying the prince were twenty-two musicians and the royal music director Joseph Haydn Haydn was an excellent composer famous throughout Europe He wrote music for Prince Nicholas but that was not his only responsibility He also made sure that the musicians practiced diligently and stayed out of trouble Haydn was even in charge of repairing broken instruments The musicians had many duties themselves They were hired to keep Prince Nicholas and his many guests entertained This was by no means an easy task Prince Nicholas could never have enough musical entertainment He demanded opera and ballet in the evenings chamber music in the afternoons outdoor music for strolls in the garden dance music at formal balls dinner music with special meals heralding trumpeters for the arrival of guests and sacred music for the palace chapel
