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When did Joseph Haydn first arrive in London?
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Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn, detail of a portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1791; in the collection of the Royal College of Music, London.
Joseph Haydn first arrived in England on New Yearâs Day, 1791. He had departed for London in December 1790, accompanied by the concert manager Johann Peter Salomon, following a commission to compose and conduct a series of orchestral concerts.1