page_title: Haydn's name
section_title: Foreign-language versions of "Joseph"
hierarchical_section_title: Haydn's name / Foreign-language versions of "Joseph"
caption_attribution_description: English: Advertisement for the String Quartets Op.65 of Joseph Haydn. Text reads: Three Quartetts, for Two Violins, Tenor &amp; Violoncello, Composed by Guiseppe [sic] Haydn, and Performd [sic] under his Direction, at Mr. Salomon's Concert, the Festino Rooms, Hanover Square. Set 1, Op.65. [Hob.III/63-65. Parts]. Pr. 7/6. London: Printed &amp; Sold by J. Bland at his Music Warehouse 13 Holborn, [1791]
context_page_description: The name of the composer Joseph Haydn had many forms, following customs of naming prevalent in his time.
context_section_description: Although Haydn normally called himself Joseph Haydn, he also used two foreign-language versions of his name. On legal documents and letters, he often used the Latinized version Josephus; an example is his Autobiographical sketch. In musical contexts—such as the signature on manuscripts of his music—Haydn referred to himself with the Italian version of his name, which is Giuseppe.  Haydn was himself a fluent speaker of Italian (since in his employment he worked constantly with musicians from Italy) and evidently felt that Italian as the "language of music" was the appropriate choice for rendering his name in musical contexts.
caption: A contemporary musical edition of three Haydn quartets, with "Giuseppe Haydn".
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