CHAPTER I
BIRTH--ANCESTRY--EARLY YEARS
Index
INTRODUCTORY
ROHRAU
A POOR HOME
GENEALOGY
HAYDN'S MOTHER
BIRTH
HIS PRECOCITY
INFORMAL MUSIC-MAKING
HIS FIRST TEACHER
HAINBURG
"A REGULAR LITTLE URCHIN"
ATTACKS THE DRUM
A PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE
A MUSICAL EXAMINATION
GOES TO VIENNA
THE CHOIR SCHOOL OF ST STEPHEN'S
A HOUSE OF SUFFERING
LESSONS AT ST STEPHEN'S
A SIXTEEN-PART MASS!
JUVENILE ESCAPADES
"SANG LIKE A CROW"
DISMISSED FROM ST STEPHEN'S
