Esterházy court appointment
· Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported · file Haydn entered Esterházy service as Vice-Kapellmeister, beginning the court career that structured much of his working life. The appointment date is exact; Schloss Esterházy is used as a representative Esterházy court location because the source describes his work as alternating among Eisenstadt, Fertőd, and Vienna.
