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Events on Friday 1 May 1761 2
1761Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy familyThe composer becomes Vice-Kapellmeister to Prince Paul AntonJoseph Haydn signed a contract as Vice-Kapellmeister to Prince Paul Anton Esterházy. He stayed with the family for nearly thirty years. Working with a permanent orchestra at Eisenstadt and Eszterháza, he developed the symphony and the string quartet.
1761Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy familyThe composer becomes Vice-Kapellmeister to Prince Paul AntonJoseph Haydn signed a contract as Vice-Kapellmeister to Prince Paul Anton Esterházy. He stayed with the family for nearly thirty years. Working with a permanent orchestra at Eisenstadt and Eszterháza, he developed the symphony and the string quartet.