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Unfortunately, however, at the Summer Palace in Esterháza there was not enough space to accommodate the orchestra musicians' families.

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Wives and children stayed north in Eisenstadt, eagerly awaiting the yearly leave of their menfolk.

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And what a calamity befell the orchestra when the Prince decided one day, for reasons of his own, to postpone their home leave.

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In the absence of unions and the notion of work ethics for servants of the court,

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there was no way to protest.

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But Haydn, ever resourceful when it came to the defense of his musicians,

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invented a new tool for confrontation with the nobility,

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the tool of musical wit.

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He presented a new symphony.

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The last movement started presto.

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But then, the jolly mood suddenly changed.

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Adagio.

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Without warning, the first oboe and a horn player stopped playing, blew out their candles, left.

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Eleven bars later, the bassoonist promptly walked away.

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several bars after that the cellist and the double bass followed them then even the violins started

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to move off finally only two violins were left as an echo of the absent symphony oh I see what

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you mean said the prince at long last you're dropping a hint are you not correct me if i'm

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wrong but i suspect that the musicians want to see their families of course how foolish of me

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they can pack up tomorrow very foolish

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haydn put his career on the line with the farewell symphony in 1772

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but he was to stay at

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Esterháza for another 20 years

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never needing to drop

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a hint quite as

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broad again