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 HAYDN 315 mode in which he wished him to complete it after his death. He further re- quested his wife to keep his death secret until she had informed Albrechtsberger of it, 'for the situation of assistant organist at the Stephen Church ought to be his before God and the world.' The doctor came and ordered cold applications on Mozart's burning head. . . . The last movement of his lips was an en- deavor to indicate where the kettledrums should be used in the ' Requiem.' I think I still hear the sound." HAYDN By C. E. Bourne ( I 732-1809) N' ' o composer has ever given greater or purer pleasure by his compositions than is given by "papa" Haydn; there is an unceasing flow of cheerfulness and lively tone in his music, even in the most solemn pieces, as in his Masses, the predominant feeling is that of gladness ; as he once said to Carpani : "At the thought of God my heart leaps for joy, and I cannot help my music doing the same." But it is not alone as the writer of graceful and beautiful music that Haydn has a claim on our remembrance ; he has been truly called the " father of the symphony." Mozart once said : " It was from Haydn that I first learned the true way to compose quar- tettes ; " and " The Creation," which must ever be counted one of the masterpieces of oratorio music, was his work. His family were of the people, his father being a master wheelwright at Rohrau, a small Austrian village on the borders of Lower Austria and Hungary, and his mother having been employed as a cook in the castle of Count Harrach, the principal lord of the district. Joseph Haydn was born on March 31, 1732. the second child of his parents ; and as ten brothers and sisters afterward came into the world, it can easily be understood that his lot was not a very luxurious one. His parents were simple, honest people of the laboring class, very ignorant, but, like most German peasants, with a certain love for and facility in music, not quite so common in this country. Haydn's father had a good voice, and could sing well, accompanying himself on the harp, though he did not know a single note of written music. Then there was the village schoolmaster, who could actu- ally play the violin, and whom little Joseph watched with wondering eyes, ex