Haydn Studies by W. Dean Sutcliffe

It is impressive the genius of these three composers of the baroque, it seems that they combined to be born at the same time, as if they say, we will be born far away from each other, so that we do not receive influence from each other. All died in the same decade.
Their music is the synthesis of an entire era. But, 'Händel' (1685) who was born in Germany migrated to England for life, it would take another life to come back.

The distance between 'Eisenach' and 'Halle' is 189 km, today, 2 hours by car, but in 1865, better not to go, so 'Bach' and 'Händel' have never met , but both read the score of each other and made positive comments.

'Joseph Haydn' Rohrau, March 31, 1732 - Vienna, May 31, 1809
'Haydn' comes much later in 1832, and even further, in Austria (which is another country and nothing has to do with Germany, even more that quite old Germany), even 'Beethoven' himself migrated to Austria forever.

'Haydn' could have been influenced by the three, Bach, Händel and Scarlatti, but abandoned them all. He well knew the music of all three and reformulated not only the way of playing the keyboard, but also reforming the sound of the orchestra, so that would not sound baroque anymore, in which such style went into total oblivion.

'Haydn' worst gift was to have died exactly two months after his birthday, in the same day he born, 31.