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Esterházy
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Es·ter·há·zy  (str-häz)
Hungarian princely family in existence since the 17th century. Its members held a number of military, political, and religious positions and were influential patrons of the arts, particularly regarding the career of Franz Joseph Haydn.
Esterházy [ˈɛstəˌhɑːzɪ]
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(Biographies / (1714 X) a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714-90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766-90)
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The Esterhazy family, which employed Haydn for most of his career, spent the winter at their ancestral seat in the Austrian town of Eisenstadt, upping sticks in the summer to the palace of Esterhaza in rural Hungary.
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Or the trios Haydn wrote for his patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, for viola, cello, and the cello-like but more complex instrument known as a baryton?
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