The founder of this symphony is Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn. Together with Mozart and Beethoven, he is an outstanding representative of Vienna classical music school. Representative works include London Symphony and Genesis.

Who is the father of symphony?

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 March 31-mdash; 65438+May 3 1 0809), also translated by Hayden, Haidian and Ding Kai, the founder of Vienna Classical Music School and the father of symphony.

Haydn's music is humorous and lively, which contains religious detachment. He developed sonata form from piano to string ensemble. He is the founder of instrumental melody, completely absorbing the independent part of traditional counterpoint.

Haydn's music works have a wide range of genres, involving vocal music, instrumental music and other fields, and have made outstanding contributions to the development of symphony and string quartet.

Haydn's works in his later years can be said to be the most successful, including London Symphony, Genesis, Four Seasons and Emperor Quartet.