St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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THE PATRICIAN il-'ran .Unmrph Zllaghn St Stephen s C rtlredral xxas at thrs rme the most magnrflcent church rn Vrenna When xoung Hax dn left Hamburg to fro there Hamburg knew hrnr no more Hrs lrfe rn Vrennr xx as no happrer than before The members of the clrorr school consrsted of a Capellmerster '1 sub cantor txxo ushers and srx scholars Fhex lrxed together and had meals rn common They had ordr narrlx been alloxx ed suffrcrent funds for board lodgrng and clothrng of the scholars but due o the rncreased cost rn lrvrnfr the boys xxere nearly starved to death and xx ere scantrly clad Therr dutres xx ere very contmuous and too severe for such xounff boxs Each day tnere xxere tvxo full choral ser vrces at the Cathedral Besrdes thrs the boys vxere oblrged to take part rn solemn processrons of the relrgrous brother hoods of he crty as well as servrces for roxal brrthdays and srmrlar occasrons Reutter drd not teach Hax dn as he had promrsed At first he gave hrm a fexx lessons rn musrcal theorx but after a trme neglected hrm entrrelx Haydn afterwards de clared that he had only tvxo lessons rn composrtron from hrs rns ructor Furthermore Reutter apparerrtlx trred to drscourage the boy rn every way and laughed at hrs first uncertarn attempts But Haydn even then real rzed tha he had talent and xxas determrned to succeed It rs rather prtrful to thrnk of the box so rndustrrously scratchrng dovxn brts of musrc and recervrng onlx sneers and sarcastrc remarks for commendatron Hrs rnstructor the one per son who could have helped hrm more than anx one else drsreffarded hrm W hen Hax dn xx as seventeen xears of age hrs brother Nlrchael arrrved at Vrenna Reutter xxlro xxas to rdxrng to Empress Marra found that she drd not lrke Haydn on account of chrldrsh pranks that he used to play at the Palace of Schonbrurrn vxhere she resrded vxrth her court so he decrded o ged rrd of Haydn as soon as fr chance presented rtself The boy hrmself provrded the opportunrty for hr drsnrrssal He rad just come rnto posses sron of a nexx parr of scrssors and ne stronglx desrred to trx therr qualrty Novx there was a certrrn chorr box xx ho had once stolen a book of Haydn s the prgtarl of thrs boy xxas too strong a tempt rtron for the nexx shears to resrst Snrp' The harr lax at hrs feet Reutter xx as furrous He declared that lre culprrt should be caned on the hand Thrs xxas too much for Joseph xx ho xxas then seventeen He sard that he xx ould rather leave the Cathedral ser vrce To vxhrch Reutter promplx retorted Of course you wrll leave but you must be caned first Thus he vxas rgnomrnrously cast out after ten xears of farthful servrce A seventeen year old boy pennrless almost fr rendless and helpless because hrs vorce xxas broken It vxas an evenrng late rn November that Haydn xxas turned adrrft He roamed all nrght about the streets of Vrenna I the mornrng he met Splanger an acquarntance who vxas also musrcal and poor Splanger took hrm home to hrs gar ret and gave lrrm lodgrng for the xxrnter It rs alvx ays the poor xx ho grve xxhat thex haxe to others and rn thrs vxax many a humble Uenrus rs grven hrs start rn lrfe Hax dn h rd defrnrtelx decrded that composrnff musrc xx ould be hrs lrfe s xxork but xxhen he xxas lrvrng xxr lr Splanger he realrzed that for the present at least he must xxrrte tor bread rnd not for fame He would do anx thrnx to earn money rf rt xxas concerned xxrth musrc He sang rn chorrs plax ed at balls and xx eddrngs lre even took part rn street serenades playrng the vrolrn Thrs last posrtron rs not as undrgnrfled s one mrght thrnk It xxas bx thrs method hat great composers nrst rnterested the people rn therr xxork Sometrmes a band of musrcrans xxould serenade a frrend or patron of the composer But xx lrrle these erxperrences may have helped Haydn later rrr lrfe at thrs trme lre earned barelx enough for a OJ - - 7 - ' '. . . . '. L' . ' . 1, X 2 ' 4, Y ' n 1. Q b 7 2 ' ' c ' . r C ' 9 , . . . - Y Y Y . . Y . Y . ' . , . Y . I . Y Y Y , . c U, v 1 v 1 ' A 1 ' v 1 1 I . . . V . , 1 . , . , - . as . ' o Q, ' Q -V . . V V . . x o .- Y YY . . . Y . . L . U . 0 1 v 1. I Y . ' 1 . ' V V ' T I, . . A Y , L . . Y Y . . . Y . Y. . Y . . Y . . Y Y Y . Y .Y , ' I v ' 1 u . . 1 as - Y r vu 1 1 v 1 4 -v 1 1 ' . ny 1 , 7 ' X . 1 1 v v f v' 1 1 u' . ' c - I D I I I 1 ' . V -A, V . ' V' . , V ' r , , L . A. C I x 1 Y . Y . Y .Y . I . . b . i V. ' ' V ' ' V . l 1 V '. -V ' - ' v - V f . . ' 'V ,V V 1 , 7 ! f . v . . . . Y Y Y Y .Y Y C . Y Y C YV Y . V . Y , . r . . ' V ' . , . . H . ' c 1 , n Y . . . Y I .t . 1 e ' ' ' a 1 V 1 ' ' - 1 Y . Y . Y . ca 9 Y Y . . Y . . ' v 4: V' ' V 1 V ' V V 7 V Y. 6 ,, Y , Y. . . Y Y Y . Y . I Y. . Y . . , . C . ' as ' V a 7 1 l v 1 vu. h 1 I 1 1 , - c . v . ,V 1 ' ' wg 1 1 V. ' I . a 1 - v . V ' r 1 ' 1 v 1 . v 1 . L . D u v nv ' ' D V 1 Y . . . . Y Y Y v . 09

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THE PATRICIAN Zllranz Jlnarph Hagan The Lertha River xx hrch flovrs along the lower frontier of Austria and Hungary on its vsay o the Danube frequently rnundates the market place of the Rohrau a picturesque little market town wrthrn the confines of Austria and Hungary A humble lrttle thatched cottage situated near the market place was he birthplace rn 1732 of one of the most rllustrrous composers of all trme the precursor of Beethoven the father of the sym phony Franz Joseph Haydn Although rt was a poor home rn vrhrch Haydn was born rt was a place vr here prety thrift and orderlrness were practiced These early years spent with hrs father and mother hrs brothers and srsters before he left his home at the age of srx vsere decidedly the happiest years of hrs lrfe He never returned again except for fleeting vrsrts Hrs home was an abode of harmony Hrs father Matthias Haydn vras an honest Cod fearrnff hard vrorkrng man with a spark of genius slumberrng rn hrs soul He had a great love for music and every evening he vrould gather hrs family abou hrm for their musical hour The voices of hrs vrrfe and children were mingled with the beautiful accompaniment of hrs harp These informal rehearsals were young Haydn s delight He would stand beside hrs father and pretend to play a vrolrn by drawing one strck across another Hrs father was very much pleased at the bov s seeming talent and love for rnusrc Hrs mother was a woman of moral and relrgrous excellence She was fond of music and was a sv eet srnver When Hay dn vras an old man he knew by heart all the ancient airs that she used to lrlt and sing about their home Haydns regard for hrs mother was deep and srncere It rs sad to relate that she drd not lrve to vrrtness more of hrs fame for she dred rn 1754 when she was only forty srx years old A chance vrsrt of a relative practically decided Har dn s future John Nlatthras Frankh vsho was pedagogue and chorr regent at Hamburg came surprised to see the little srx year old bor keeping perfect trme to the famrlx music on hrs make believe frddle Frankh verx enthusrastrc over Haydns musical abrlrtr generously ofler ed o take hrm to Hamburg to teach hrm the essentials of music Hrs father was greatly pleased but hrs mother obrected at first to hrs leaving home at sucn an early age but finally she gave her reluctant approval It rs pitiful to thrnk of the lrttle boy srx sears of age taken away from a mo hers lovrng care deprrved of the assocratron of hrs brothers and srsters and placed rn a strange home rn a stran T9 crty We cannot rmagrne that he vias very happv there No doubt hrs cousrn Frankh s rntentrons vsere good but he vras not a surtable instructor nor ex en a surtable com panron for youth He vras a stern drscrplrnarran Hay dn said tha he owed hrm more cuffs than ginger bread Frankh s wife also farled to do her part rn making the lrttlc stranger happy Sne drd not keep hrs clothes clean and rn sprte of the fact that he was verr young he was ashamed of them When he had been with Frankh for txxo rears George Reu ter who had recently been made Capellmerster at St Qtephens Cathedral Vienna vrsrted Hamburg looking for chorrsters A locfrl pastor told hrm of Haydn s Weak but pleasing vorce He tried the boy out and lost no trme rn gettrng hrs par en s consent to take hrm to Vrenrra The father was wrllrng but hrs mother agarn objected She had hopes of seerng hrm made a pr rest and feared that hrs lrfe rn the chorr school rn ould drsrrrclrne hrm fron- the priesthood 32 1 7, ' r 1 ' t , - vr ' ' ' , 1 Y - . . 1. . . , . 1 . 4 ' ' -. ' .' , L 1 7 Q ' 1 , . 7 - 7 7 7 1 ' V Y u v . Q I . '1 v 1 1 I' N 1 n , I 1 -K Q K. . Y . ' I 'y u G 7 U y I ' ' A or ' V . . I . -. . . ,, - ' - v ' v . ' ' L . 1 Y , . ' ' . . 1 1 7 ' l Y ' o ' Q l S 1- .v 1 Y a ' I , I fn . I 1 ' ' 7 . . . . V . . v , I L I , 1 ' - ' A ' one day to Rohrau to visit his relatives. To be sure, he was very much r , ' ,' - , .- -V, ' C' . 1 . V . . I - . I A n I Y . i . h , 1. t . . Y N 7 e ' A . 7 lf . I - . ' I ' . . I , . 7 v t , . 4 . . . . ' 1 1' s . . E i Y ' 3 Y . . i V. I . - - ' . i L, ' I . v- u ' 1 yi w . 1 1 1 . C I -ev 7 7 ' v' 1 ,- - v - 4 - . n 9' a - - ' 1 7 . ' ' K 1 5 lv. l l 1 I nl - I l , , . c . Q V Y. . ,, . 1 . . ' 7 1 ' L . . s . Q ' ' Y 1 . . 1 '

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lrrr, PATRILIAN Franz Ellnurph lllaghn lrvelrlrood Por ervht xe rrs he vxas oblrffed to grve musrc lessons He srys Manx a 1 enrus rs rurned bx hrs lrvelrhood for rt leaves no trme for studx Paul Anton Prrnce of Esterhazy xvas a man of enormous xx ealth H xx as verx fond of the fine arts especrally musrc In 1761 Hadyn xx as called to Ersenstadt to take a posrtron as one of Prrnce Esterlrazx s musrcrans Hrs posrtron vxas that of upper servant He xxas never rdle here as a long lrst of composrtrons slroxx He xx as oblrged to provrde tvxo cperatrc per formances and one or tvxo concerts a xxeek When drstrnvurshed xrsrtors came he had to furnrsh extra entertarnment In 1790 Johann Peter Solomon of London was startrng to grve con certs on hrs own account He heard of Haydn and came to take hrm to London As Hax dn had alvx ays xxrshed to travel thrs xxould offer the oppor trrnr x When hrs frrend Mozart heard that he was Uorng he exclarmed Oh Papa' you have no educatron for the wrde world and speak too fexv lrnguages Hax dn replred xxrth a smrle My lanouage rs understood all over the xxorld The Solomon concerts vxere very successful Wlrrle xxrth Solomon Haydn composed hrs Surprrse Symphonv When the novelty of Solo mons concerts xxore off the lrsteners vxould go to sleep durrng the slow movements as xxas therr custom Havdn took hrs as a roke and xxrote hrs Surprrse Symphony The sloxx moxement rntroduced bx onlx a fexv of the rnstruments moved along rn a xery subdued manner and xx hen everx one was nrcely settled for hrs nap Haxdn employed sudden fortrssrmo chord play ed by every rnstr ument of the orchestra whrch startled hrs arrdr ence to conscrousness Thrs and manx other pranks shoxxs Hax dn s sense of humor It rs even sard he asked God xxrth characterrstrc narve to forgrve hrm rf he served Hrm too cheer fullx An rnterestrng meetrnfr took place at Frankfurt rn 1792 the band of xx hrch beethoven xxas a member gaxe a drnner for Haydn 1 eethoven sub mrtted a crntata to the uest of the exerrrnff and Haydn xxarmlx pr used lrter rrrrved rt Vrennr he took lessons from Haxdn The te re rer rnd the puprl belong to drtllerent een urres leethoven was a musrcal revolu tronrst Haydn vxas content to xxalk the old ways Haydn rounded lrfe xxrth tvxo oratorros The Creatron and the Seasons Thex xx ere the summrt of hrs achrevement He preferred the C16dt10I1 because he sard The angels speak and therr talk rs of God He xx as never so prous as xxhen he xxrote the Creatron He xx as a devout Catholrc When he fel hrs xx ork laggrnv' he xxould leave hrs rnstr ument and sax hrs rosarx Cheerfulness naturalness and spontanertx are char acterrstrcs of Haydn s work Goethe sard of hrm He max be superseded but he can never be surpassed It rs sard about Haydn Lrke Montargne he conceals nothrnof from you he shovxs vou hrs humble nature he chats xx rth xou he Jokes xx rtlr xou He rs free from morbrdness he accepts nature and lrfe and death xx rtlr he laughrng confidence of 1 chrld and does not bother hrs head about them In 1809 Vrenna xx rs bomb rrded by the Fr enclr The exertement proved too much for the composer Iour daxs before hrs death he xx rs crrrred to hrs cl rxrer rnd solemrrlx plrx ed the Emperor s Hx mn three trmes hrs 1 rrexx ell to nrusrc Certrrnlx such r Irie should be rn rnsprra ron to anx one no mrtter lroxx poor rnd humble he nrav be Marx Bxrne '3 34 V V . ' T 1 ' 1 1 , 1 v. . - . 1 1 1 1 . 6 I 4 6 1 1 1 c 1, HI I III. . I. I. . . I I. . II I,, .V ca 1 9 - ' 1 -' 1 , v Y , . e 1 1 1 Y D l 1. v, l I 1 V V I V . I . I I IL I . . .I I. . I . . C, I I . . I . I , I V c ' ' 1' - ' 7 ' '- 1t V rv 1 ' I 1 ' V, - I 5 Y IK I ' ' ' , . . I A In , I7 , ' ,' ' I cl , CI. ' .V , 1 , , ra . , I . I V . , V .V I . I ' n , ,' sr J V - . , 1 7 1 ' 1 Y 1' Y ' u , ,' yy , D , ' 1 V V ' ' , , V 1 Y- . 7 I ' v ,1 I ' 9 1, I . , . . . . - l ' 7 v I V Y 7 A ' ' v1 Pu Y V ' 1 V V . 7 ' . V 1 , - ' 2 1 ' gr 1 . II V. . IV -2 r hrm and encouraged hrm to contrnue hrs studres. When the young artrst 1 . ..' , ' , - V V 1 1 V 1 .I - . 2 C A C C Ax p t A 1 A I I 1 C X ' , ' . L .' I 3 V . IV' . . - ' ' 1 I 1 y1 y 7 I 1 . ' V' V ' , cc 1 ,JI ' va . II H - x H v ' - ' . ' ' 1 1 - aa , , ' xv 7 ' ac -, , -i yy , . V . ' V V , KK , ' 9 7 , I . I L Y C, 7 1 y y 1 - 1 ' V 1 1- 1, ' 7 1 .' ' v V . V ' I ' cc y , ' ' Y 1 , , H ' ' 11 ' , , ' ' 9 V ' Y . I 1 1 ta 7 1, 7 1 V' V - ' V V' V ' V 1 1 ' V 1 ! 1 1 ' 'ti ' 1 - . ' 1 1 f' t 1 ' , 2 ' , V 3 I I 1 1 I y, . . I ' 1 V2 2 1 1 I IV ,' , A, 1 , . . ' v 1 . 1 1 1 v 1 1, v 1 . 1 . 1 . r 1 . A 2, 1 ' : U J .-- . 2 ' ' . 1 ' V V 1 ' ' . ' ' 1. 4' . - , . 11 z I . 1 . z t , 1 1 C U 1 , . V V. fI rp ' 1 1 7