Joseph Haydn Home - Vienna

Joseph Haydn's home is on Seilerstatte in Vienna, Austria.  The famed compser moved here after nearly 25 years working for Count Nikolaus Esterhazy, his greatest patron, in Eisenstadt.  When Esterhazy died in 1790 his son, Anton, dismissed the court orchestra and kept Haydn on in a nominal position.  Free to travel, with only minor court duties left to him, he returned to Vienna in 1790 and moved into this apartment, where he rented rooms from Johann Nepomuk Hamberger, an Austrian government official, from October to December.  On December 15 the composer left for the first of his two journeys to London.  His young friend, Mozart, saw him off at his apartment here.  His wife continued to occupy their rooms until his return in 1791.  The house was subsequently rebuilt in 1805.  

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