When you think about composers of the past, do you think about boring, stuffy men with white wigs and fancy clothes?

While this may be true of their appearances, composers of the past were anything but boring. Today we're going to learn about one such composer of the past, who loved to play jokes on people in real-life -- and in his music.

In this episode, you'll learn how Franz Joseph Haydn...

• Got himself kicked out of school for a wicked prank on a fellow choir member
• Used a bassoon to imitate the sound of...a fart (yes, I'm serious)
• Wrote an ending into a symphony to get across this message to a prince: let the musicians go home!