Inspired and perplexed (Al-Ahram Weekly)

Joseph Haydn wrote 104 symphonies in addition to the famed Symphony A and B, dozens of concertos for various instruments, almost 100 string quartets, divertimenti for baritone, viola, and cello, some 400 arrangements of Scottish and Welsh airs, 18 operas of which five are lost, four marionette operas, oratorios and church music including 12 masses, and that is only part of his work.