Haydn is known as ‘the father of the string ... Franz’), and the song was presented to Emperor Franz II on his birthday. Haydn re-used the theme for the Austrian national anthem in his ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...