There is reason to think that Haydn's singing impressed those who heard him, because in 1739 he was brought to the attention of Georg Reutter the Younger, the director of music in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, who happened to be visiting Hainburg and was looking for new choirboys. Haydn passed his audition with Reutter, and after several months of further training moved to Vienna (1740), where he worked for the next nine years as a chorister.
There is reason to think that Haydn's singing impressed those who heard him because in 1739 he was brought to the attention of Georg Reutter the Younger the director of music in St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna who happened to be visiting Hainburg and was looking for new choirboys Haydn passed his audition with Reutter and after several months of further training moved to Vienna (1740) where he worked for the next nine years as a chorister