HAYDN – DOCTOR OF MUSIC

March 30, 2009 at 1:47 pm · Filed under anecdote, Biografie, biography, classical, composer, Haydn, Haydnportrait, Joseph Haydn, life, music and tagged: anecdote, classical, composer, England, Franz Joseph Haydn, Joseph Haydn, life, London, Oxford

HAYDN – DOCTOR OF MUSIC was the title of a concert review in an english newspaper on  11 July 1791.
“Doctor of Musick” conferred upon Haydn at Oxford:

“… At the Theatre that night the audience were in excellent humour; and when Haydn appeared, and, grateful for the applause he received, seized hold of, and displayed, the gown he wore as a mark of the honour that had in the morning been conferred upon him, the silent emphasis with which he thus expressed his feelings, met with an unanimous and loud clapping”…… (13” Page 3 Col 1)

When he came to London Haydn wrote to a friend:
“Everyone wants to know me. I had to dine out six times up to now. I could have an invitation everyday…”

Haydn was the 1st musician who was honoured with the title “doctor” from the Oxford University during his lifetime.

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