S2D42P2 All About Haydn

A composer is...

• a person who eats sardines.
• a person who writes music.
• a person that waves his arms in front of musicians.
• a person who repairs cars.

Why couldn't Mozart find his teacher?

• To get to the other side.
• Because he was Haydn.

Why did Haydn write the "Surprise" Symphony?

• He was tired of ladies falling asleep during his symphonies so he played a joke on them.

• He liked jack-in-the-boxes.

• Prince Esterhazy asked him to.

• He hated surprises.

This composer was nicknamed "Father of the Symphony" and wrote 108 symphonies.

• Fanny Mendelssohn

• John Phillip Sousa

• George Frederic Handel

• Franz Joseph Haydn

What is the name of one of Haydn's famous symphonies?

• The Explosion Symphony

• The Super Symphony

• The Surprise Symphony

• The Doggie Symphony