List of symphonies by Joseph Haydn
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There are 106 symphonies
by the classical
composer
Joseph Haydn
. Of these, 104 have numbers associated with them which were originally assigned by Eusebius Mandyczewski
in 1908 in the chronological order that was known at the time. In the subsequent decades, numerous inaccuracies in the chronology (especially in the lower numbers) were found, but the Mandyczewski numbers were so widely used that when Anthony van Hoboken
compiled his catalogue
of Haydn's works, he incorporated the Mandyczewski number into Catalogue I (e.g., Symphony No. 34 is listed as Hob. I/34). Also in that time period, two additional symphonies were discovered (which were assigned non-Mandyczewskian letters A
and B
) bringing the total to 106.
Hoboken also includes four other works in his "Symphony" category (Hob. I):
Hob. I/105 is not really a symphony, but a sinfonia concertante
, and as No. 106 has not survived to the present day, the number of "symphonies" by Haydn is usually assumed to be 106.
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
by the classical
Classical period (music)
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composer
Composer
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Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
. Of these, 104 have numbers associated with them which were originally assigned by Eusebius Mandyczewski
Eusebius Mandyczewski
Eusebius Mandyczewski was a musicologist, composer, conductor, and teacher. He was an author of numerous musical works and is highly regarded within Austrian, Romanian and Ukrainian music circles.- Family and friends :...
in 1908 in the chronological order that was known at the time. In the subsequent decades, numerous inaccuracies in the chronology (especially in the lower numbers) were found, but the Mandyczewski numbers were so widely used that when Anthony van Hoboken
Anthony van Hoboken
Anthony van Hoboken was a collector and musicologist. He was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and died in Zürich, Switzerland.Hoboken trained as an engineer in Delft, before studying music in Frankfurt and Vienna...
compiled his catalogue
Hoboken-Verzeichnis
The Hoboken-Verzeichnis is the catalogue of over 750 works by Joseph Haydn as compiled by Anthony van Hoboken.Unlike Ludwig von Köchel's catalogue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's works, or Otto Erich Deutsch's catalogue of Franz Schubert's works, which are both arranged chronologically by date of...
of Haydn's works, he incorporated the Mandyczewski number into Catalogue I (e.g., Symphony No. 34 is listed as Hob. I/34). Also in that time period, two additional symphonies were discovered (which were assigned non-Mandyczewskian letters A
Symphony A (Haydn)
Joseph Haydn's Symphony 'A' in B-flat major, Hoboken I/107, was written between 1757 and 1760. It is not in the usual numbering scheme for Haydn symphonies because it was originally thought to be a string quartet and was catalogued as Hob. III/5....
and B
Symphony B (Haydn)
Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. B in B-flat major, Hoboken I/108, was written between 1757 and 1760. It does not fall into the usual numbering scheme of Haydn's symphonies because it had later been published without its wind parts as a "Partita"....
) bringing the total to 106.
The symphonies
- Symphony No. 1Symphony No. 1 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 1 in D major, Hoboken I/1, was written in 1759 in Dolní Lukavice, while in the service of Count Morzin. Though identified by Haydn himself as his first symphony, scholars are not sure if it is indeed the very first symphony Haydn wrote, or if it's even the earliest he...
in D major (composed by 17591759 in music- Events :*Johann Friedrich Agricola succeeds Carl Heinrich Graun as director of Frederick the Great's royal opera.*Castrato Gaspare Pacchierotti makes his debut at the Perugia carnival, in a female role.*Tommaso Traetta becomes court composer at Parma....
) - Symphony No. 2Symphony No. 2 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 2 in C major, Hoboken I/2, is believed to have been written between 1757 and 1761.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo...
in C major (composed by 17641764 in music- Events :* Wilhelm Friedemann Bach leaves his post as organist at Halle.*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a pupil of Johann Christian Bach.- Classical music :*Joseph Haydn – Symphony no 22 *Michael Haydn – Trumpet Concerto...
) - Symphony No. 3Symphony No. 3 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 3 in G major, Hoboken I/3, is believed to have been written between 1760 and 1762.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo...
in G major (composed by 17621762 in music- Events :*Johann Christian Bach composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time.*Michael Haydn moves to Salzburg, to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop....
) - Symphony No. 4Symphony No. 4 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 4 in D major, Hoboken I/4, is believed to have been written between 1757 and 1761.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. As usual for the period, it is in three movements:#Presto, 6/8...
in D major (composed by 17621762 in music- Events :*Johann Christian Bach composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time.*Michael Haydn moves to Salzburg, to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop....
) - Symphony No. 5Symphony No. 5 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 5 in A major, Hoboken I/5, by Joseph Haydn, is believed to have been written between 1760 and 1762.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo...
in A major (composed by 1762) - Symphony No. 6Symphony No. 6 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 6 in D major is an early symphony written by Joseph Haydn and the first written after Haydn had joined the Esterházy court. It is the first of three that are characterised by unusual virtuoso writing across the orchestral ensemble...
in D major, Le matin (17611761 in music- Events :*Francesco Geminiani visits Dublin, where he is robbed of a valuable manuscript.*Domenico Cimarosa enters the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto.*Joseph Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family- Opera :...
?) - Symphony No. 7Symphony No. 7 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 7 in C major, Hoboken I/7, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, sometimes called "Le midi." The symphony was most likely composed in 1761, together with the other two of the Day Trilogy, No.s 6 and 8....
in C major, Le midi (1761) - Symphony No. 8Symphony No. 8 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn wrote his Symphony No. 8 in G major under the employ of Prince Esterházy in 1761, in the transition between the Baroque and Classical periods. It is the third part of a set of three symphonies - Le matin , Le midi and Le soir .-Orchestration:The orchestration used in Symphony No...
in G major, Le soir (1761?) - Symphony No. 9Symphony No. 9 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 9 in C major, Hoboken I/9, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed in 1762.It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo.. The flutes are used in place of the oboes in the slow movement and mainly double the first violins an octave...
in C major (1762) - Symphony No. 10Symphony No. 10 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 10 in D major, Hoboken I/10, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony may have been written as early as 1757 but no later than 1761.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. The work is in three movements:...
in D major (composed by 17661766 in music- Events :*Joseph Haydn becomes Kapellmeister to the Esterházys. The orchestra is increased to 22 players.*Niccolò Piccinni is invited to Paris by Queen Marie Antoinette.*Dom Bédos de Celles publishes his influential L'art du facteur d'orgues.- Opera :...
) - Symphony No. 11Symphony No. 11 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 11 in E-flat major is a symphony which may have been written as early as 1760 but no later than 1762.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo...
in E-flat major (composed by 17691769 in music- Events :*Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis.*Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague...
) - Symphony No. 12Symphony No. 12 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 12 in E major is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed in 1763.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo The symphony is homotonal and in three movements:#Allegro, 2/2...
in E major (17631763 in music-Events:*July 9 - Mozart family grand tour: The family of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sets out on a European tour, ending this year in Paris*The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by Marianne Davies...
) - Symphony No. 13Symphony No. 13 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 13 in D major was written in 1763 for the orchestra of Haydn's patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, in Eisenstadt.The work can be precisely dated thanks to a dated score in Haydn's own hand in the National Library of Budapest. Two other Haydn symphonies are known to have...
in D major (1763) - Symphony No. 14Symphony No. 14 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 14 in A major, Hoboken I/14, may have been written between 1761 and 1763.Symphony No. 14 is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo...
in A major (composed by 17641764 in music- Events :* Wilhelm Friedemann Bach leaves his post as organist at Halle.*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a pupil of Johann Christian Bach.- Classical music :*Joseph Haydn – Symphony no 22 *Michael Haydn – Trumpet Concerto...
) - Symphony No. 15Symphony No. 15 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 15 in D major, Hoboken I/15, may have been written between 1760 and 1763.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo, with a solo for 2 violas or cello in the trio of the minuet...
in D major (composed by 1764) - Symphony No. 16Symphony No. 16 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 16 in B-flat major, Hoboken I/16, may have been written between 1757 and 1761.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo, with a solo cello part in the slow movement...
in B-flat major (composed by 1766) - Symphony No. 17Symphony No. 17 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 17 in F major, Hoboken I/17, may have been written between 1757 and 1763.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. It is in three movements:#Allegro, 3/4#Andante, ma non troppo, F minor 2/4...
in F major (composed by 17651765 in music- Events :*The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.*The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is founded- Opera :*Samuel Arnold**Daphne and Amintor**The Summer's Tale*Georg Benda – Xindo riconnosciuto...
) - Symphony No. 18Symphony No. 18 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 18 in G major, Hoboken I/18, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The composition date is uncertain. The Breitkopf catalogue entry assures that it was composed no later than 1766, but most scholars believe it was composed at least a few years before then...
in G major (composed by 1766) - Symphony No. 19Symphony No. 19 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 19 in D major, Hoboken I/19, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed between 1757 and 1761.It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. The symphony is homotonal and in three movements:...
in D major (composed by 1766) - Symphony No. 20Symphony No. 20 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 20 in C major is a festive symphony by Joseph Haydn. Hodgson places the composition date in either 1761 or 1762 while Brown states that it was likely composed before 1761....
in C major (composed by 1766) - Symphony No. 21Symphony No. 21 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 21 in A major, Hoboken 1/21, was composed by Joseph Haydn around the year 1764. The symphony’s movements have unusual structures that make their form hard to identify...
in A major (1764) - Symphony No. 22Symphony No. 22 (Haydn)Symphony No. 22 in E-flat major, Hoboken I/22, is a symphony written by Joseph Haydn in 1764. Nicknamed "The Philosopher" , it is the most widely programmed of Haydn's early symphonies....
in E-flat major, Philosopher (1764) - Symphony No. 23Symphony No. 23 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 23 in G major, Hoboken I/23, in 1764.The work is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, and strings with continuo...
in G major (1764) - Symphony No. 24Symphony No. 24 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 24 in D major, Hoboken I/24, in 1764.The work is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, and strings with continuo.The work is in four movements:# Allegro, 4/4# Adagio, 3/4# Menuet - Trio, 3/4# Allegro, 4/4...
in D major (1764) - Symphony No. 25Symphony No. 25 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 25 in C major, Hoboken I/25, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn.The symphony was most likely composed in 1763, or at the very earliest in 1761, at about the same time as No. 33....
in C major (1766) - Symphony No. 26Symphony No. 26 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 26 in D minor, Hoboken 1/26, is one of the early Sturm und Drang Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as the Lamentatione.- Background :...
in D minor, Lamentatione (17701770 in music- Events :* The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec.* Ballet is performed the first time in Oslo by Madame Stuart.- Classical music :*Michael Haydn – Symphony in G major*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no 11...
) - Symphony No. 27Symphony No. 27 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 27 in G major was likely written before 1760. Its chronological position was assigned by Eusebius Mandyczewski in 1907...
in G major (composed by 1766) - Symphony No. 28Symphony No. 28 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 28 in A major, Hoboken I/28, was written in 1765.The work is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, and strings with continuo.The work is in four movements:#Allegro di molto, 3/4#Poco adagio, 2/4#Menuetto e Trio, 3/4...
in A major (1765) - Symphony No. 29Symphony No. 29 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 29 in E major, Hoboken I/29, was written in 1765.The work is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns, and strings with continuo.The work is in four movements:#Allegro di molto, 3/4#Andante, 2/4#Menuetto e Trio, 3/4...
in E major (1765) - Symphony No. 30Symphony No. 30 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 30 in C major, Hoboken I/30, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn composed in 1765. It is nicknamed the Alleluia Symphony because of Haydn's use of a Gregorian Alleluia chant in the opening movement.-Description:...
in C major, Alleluia (1765) - Symphony No. 31Symphony No. 31 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 31 in D major was composed in 1765 for Haydn's patron Nikolaus Esterházy. It is nicknamed the "Hornsignal" symphony, because it gives a prominent role to an unusually large horn section, i.e. four players...
in D major, Hornsignal (1765) - Symphony No. 32Symphony No. 32 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 32 in C major is a festive symphony by Joseph Haydn. The exact date of composition is unknown. It has been suggested by noted Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon that it could have been written as early as 1757 and as late as 1763...
in C major (composed by 1766) - Symphony No. 33Symphony No. 33 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 33 in C major is a festive symphony by Joseph Haydn. The precise date of composition is unknown. Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon has dated this work to 1763-65. It has also been suggested that it was written in 1760 or 1761, along with Symphony no...
in C major (composed by 17671767 in music- Events :*Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach succeeds his godfather, Telemann, as director of church music in Hamburg.*Dictionnaire de musique by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is published....
) - Symphony No. 34Symphony No. 34 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 34 in D minor was written by Joseph Haydn. It was written in 1765 shortly before Haydn's Sturm und Drang period.- Scoring :...
in D minor (composed by 1767) - Symphony No. 35Symphony No. 35 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 35 in B-flat major, Hoboken I/35, was written by Joseph Haydn. The autograph score is "carefully" dated "December 1, 1767." It has been speculated that this symphony was written to celebrate Prince Esterházy's return from a visit to the Palace of Versailles.-Movements:The symphony...
in B-flat major (1767) - Symphony No. 36Symphony No. 36 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 36 in E-flat major, Hoboken 1/36, some time in the first half of the 1760s. Scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo, the slow movement features solos for violin and cello. It is in four movements:#Vivace, 3/4...
in E-flat major (composed by 17691769 in music- Events :*Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis.*Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague...
) - Symphony No. 37Symphony No. 37 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 37 in C major, Hob. I/37, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The numbering is misleading, as it is one of Haydn's earliest symphonies. A copy of the score at Český Krumlov is dated 1758.-Movements:...
in C major (composed by 17581758 in music- Events :* Publication of the first English-language manual on the guitar.* William Boyce becomes organist of the Chapel Royal.*Giovanni Battista Locatelli takes his opera productions to Russia...
) - Symphony No. 38Symphony No. 38 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 38 in C major, Hoboken I/38, is an early and festive symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed some time between 1765 and 1769. Because of the virtosic oboe parts in the finale two movements, its been suggested that the work's composition may have coincided with the...
in C major, Echo (composed by 17691769 in music- Events :*Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis.*Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague...
) - Symphony No. 39Symphony No. 39 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 39 is a symphony in G minor by Joseph Haydn in 1767 or 1768. It is the earliest of Haydn's minor key symphonies associated with his Sturm und Drang period works . The work was influential and inspired later G minor symphonies by Johann Baptist Vanhal, Johann Christian Bach and...
in G minor (composed by 17681768 in music- Events :*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family are resident in Vienna until December.*Antonio Sacchini returns to Venice to become director of the Conservatorio dell'Ospadeletto.*Giuseppe Tartini suffers a stroke....
) - Symphony No. 40Symphony No. 40 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 40 in F major, Hoboken I/40, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. Despite its number, Haydn had composed this symphony by 1763, long before the other symphonies numbered in the 30s and 40s in Hoboken's catalog Chronologically, the symphony belongs with no...
in F major (17631763 in music-Events:*July 9 - Mozart family grand tour: The family of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sets out on a European tour, ending this year in Paris*The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by Marianne Davies...
) - Symphony No. 41Symphony No. 41 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 41 in C major, Hoboken I/41, is a festive symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed by 1769. It is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings.The work is in four movements:...
in C major (composed by 17701770 in music- Events :* The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec.* Ballet is performed the first time in Oslo by Madame Stuart.- Classical music :*Michael Haydn – Symphony in G major*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no 11...
) - Symphony No. 42Symphony No. 42 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 42 in D major, Hoboken I/42, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed by 1771. It is scored for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings.The work is in four movements:# Moderato e maestoso, 2/2...
in D major (17711771 in music- Events :*Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark.*The Chevalier de Saint-Georges is appointed maestro of the Concert des Amateurs in Paris....
) - Symphony No. 43Symphony No. 43 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 43 in E-flat major, Hoboken I/43, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. Since the nineteenth century it has been referred to by the subtitle "Mercury". The symphony was composed by 1771. It is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings....
in E-flat major, Mercury (composed by 17721772 in music-Events:*Carl Stamitz is resident composer at Versailles.*Dr Charles Burney visits Johann Baptist Vanhal at Vienna.*Ignaz Pleyel becomes a pupil of Joseph Haydn.-Opera:*Pasquale Anfossi – Alessandro nelle Indie...
) - Symphony No. 44Symphony No. 44 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hoboken 1/44, was completed in 1772 by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as Trauer...
in E minor, Trauer (composed by 1772) - Symphony No. 45Symphony No. 45 (Haydn)Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, known as the "Farewell" Symphony , was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1772....
in F-sharp minor, Farewell (1772) - Symphony No. 46Symphony No. 46 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 46 in B major, Hoboken I/46, was written by Joseph Haydn. It was composed in 1772 during Haydn's Sturm und Drang period.The work is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings.The work is written in standard four movement format....
in B major (1772) - Symphony No. 47Symphony No. 47 (Haydn)-Movements:Scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, and strings.It is in four movements:#Allegro, 4/4#Un poco adagio cantabile, 2/4#Menuetto e Trio, 3/4#Presto assai, 2/2...
in G major, The Palindrome (1772) - Symphony No. 48Symphony No. 48 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 48 in C major, Hoboken I/48, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn written in 1768 or 1769. The work has the nickname Maria Theresia as it was long thought to have been composed for a visit by the Holy Roman Empress, Maria Theresa of Austria in 1773. An earlier copy dated 1769 was later...
in C major, Maria Theresia (composed by 1769) - Symphony No. 49Symphony No. 49 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 49 in F minor was written in 1768 by Joseph Haydn during his Sturm und Drang period. It is popularly known as La passione...
in F minor, La passione (1768) - Symphony No. 50Symphony No. 50 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 50 in C major, Hoboken I/50, by Joseph Haydn was written partly in 1773 and partly in 1774.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. Since the trumpets double the horns at the same pitch for most of the piece, Antony Hodgson has suggested the trumpets may be...
in C major (17731773 in music- Events :*January 18 – Carl Stenborg, Elisabeth Olin and Hedvig Wigert star in Thetis and Phelée, the inaugural production of the Royal Swedish Opera.*February – Joseph Leutgeb tours Italy with Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
) - Symphony No. 51Symphony No. 51 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 51 in B-flat major, Hoboken I/51, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, written in either 1773 or 1774, although the exact dating remains ambiguous.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns , bassoon and strings, The work is in four movements:...
in B-flat major (composed by 17741774 in music- Events :*Antonio Salieri is appointed court composer to the Emperor Joseph II.*Domenico Cimarosa is invited to Rome for the opera season.*Charles Burney writes A Plan for a Music School.*Pascal Taskin becomes keeper of the King's instruments....
) - Symphony No. 52Symphony No. 52 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 52 in C minor is one of the last Sturm und Drang symphonies composed by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn while the composer was in residence at Esterházy in 1771 or 1772.....
in C minor (composed by 1774) - Symphony No. 53Symphony No. 53 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 53 in D major, Hoboken I/53, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It is often referred to by the subtitle "L'Impériale". The symphony was composed by 1774. It is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings....
in D major, L'impériale (17781778 in music- Classical music :*François Joseph Gossec – Symphonie concertante en fa majeur n° 2, à plusieurs instruments*Joseph Haydn – Little Organ Mass*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No...
)/(17791779 in music- Events :*April – The London Magazine reports on the organ-playing of three-year-old prodigy William Crotch.*December 26 – Teatro alla Scala in Milan opens its operatic carnival season with Josef Mysliveček's new opera Armida....
) - Symphony No. 54Symphony No. 54 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 54 in G major, Hoboken I/54, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1774.-Instrumentation:The symphony exists in 3 versions. The first version is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, and strings. Subsequently the second version included a second bassoon part and a timpani...
in G major (1774) - Symphony No. 55Symphony No. 55 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 55 in E-flat major, Hoboken I/55, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, composed by 1774. It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns and strings. It is in four movements:#Allegro di molto, 3/4#Adagio ma semplicemente, 2/4 in B-flat major...
in E-flat major, The Schoolmaster (1774) - Symphony No. 56Symphony No. 56 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 56 in C major, Hoboken I/56, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, composed by 1774. It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns , 2 trumpets, timpani and strings...
in C major (1774) - Symphony No. 57Symphony No. 57 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 57 in D major, Hoboken I/57. is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed in 1774. It is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings.-Movements:#Adagio - #Adagio#Menuet & trio: Allegretto#Finale: Prestissimo...
in D major (1774) - Symphony No. 58Symphony No. 58 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 58 in F major, Hoboken I/58, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1774. It is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings.-Movements:#Allegro, 3/4#Andante, 2/4#Menuet alla zoppa - Trio...
in F major (composed by 1774) - Symphony No. 59Symphony No. 59 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 59 in A major is a relatively early work by Joseph Haydn that is known popularly as the Fire Symphony.-Date of composition:...
in A major, Feuer (composed by 17691769 in music- Events :*Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis.*Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague...
) - Symphony No. 60Symphony No. 60 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 60 in C major, Hoboken I/60, was written by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes given the nickname Il Distratto , or in German, »Der Zerstreute«.- Nickname :...
in C major, Il distratto (composed by 1774) - Symphony No. 61Symphony No. 61 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 61 in D major, Hoboken I/61, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The autograph has survived and is dated 1776.-Movements:The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, timpani and strings. There are four movements:#Vivace...
in D major (17761776 in music-Events:*Charles Burney publishes his History of Music*Bolshoi Theatre hosts its first annual opera season*Court Theatre in Stockholm built by King Gustav III of Sweden*Giovanni Paisiello is invited to the court of Catherine the Great-Popular music:...
) - Symphony No. 62Symphony No. 62 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 62 in D major, Hoboken I/62, is a symphony written by Joseph Haydn in 1780 or 1781.-Movements:The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings...
in D major (composed by 17811781 in music- Events :*March - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moves to Vienna to pursue his career, but is passed over in favour of Antonio Salieri as music teacher of Princess of Württemberg....
) - Symphony No. 63Symphony No. 63 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 63 in C major, Hoboken I/63, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn written sometime between 1779 and 1781. It is often known by the title of the second movement, La Roxelane, named for Roxelana, the influential wife of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire...
in C major, La Roxelane (composed by 1781) - Symphony No. 64Symphony No. 64 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 64 in A major is a symphony by Joseph Haydn dated between 1773 and 1775. The likely date of composition puts it at the tail end of the Sturm und Drang period that produced masterpieces such as symphonies 44 to 48. It is often known by the nickname Tempora mutantur.- Nickname ...
in A major, Tempora mutantur (composed by 17751775 in music- Events :*February 23 – Première of Pierre Beaumarchais's play, The Barber of Seville, which will later provide material for more than one opera.*Wilhelm Hauser becomes organist at the monastery of Lavaldieu and the teacher of Étienne Méhul....
) - Symphony No. 65Symphony No. 65 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 65 in A major, Hoboken I/65, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn which was composed by 1778.-Movements:The symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings...
in A major (composed by 17781778 in music- Classical music :*François Joseph Gossec – Symphonie concertante en fa majeur n° 2, à plusieurs instruments*Joseph Haydn – Little Organ Mass*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No...
) - Symphony No. 66Symphony No. 66 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 66 in B flat major is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The time of composition is uncertain, with one speculation from around 1775-1776. The symphony is scored for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings.-Movements:...
in B-flat major (composed by 17791779 in music- Events :*April – The London Magazine reports on the organ-playing of three-year-old prodigy William Crotch.*December 26 – Teatro alla Scala in Milan opens its operatic carnival season with Josef Mysliveček's new opera Armida....
) - Symphony No. 67Symphony No. 67 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 67 in F major, Hoboken I/67, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It was composed by 1779. H. C. Robbins Landon praises this work, saying "without any question, this is one of the most boldly original symphonies of this period."-Movements:...
in F major (composed by 1779) - Symphony No. 68Symphony No. 68 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 68 in B flat major, Hoboken I/68, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was composed by 1779.-Movements:It is scored two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings...
in B-flat major (composed by 1779) - Symphony No. 69Symphony No. 69 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 69 is a symphony by Joseph Haydn in C major, Hoboken I/69, known as the "Laudon" symphony'. It was composed around 1775-1776. It represent a stylistic departure from the composer's earlier intense Sturm und Drang period and was written at the same time as Haydn was writing...
in C major, Laudon (composed by 1779) - Symphony No. 70Symphony No. 70 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 70 in D major, Hoboken 1/70, was written by Joseph Haydn to mark the start of construction of a new opera house on the Eszterháza estate...
in D major (composed by 1779) - Symphony No. 71Symphony No. 71 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 71 in B flat major, Hoboken I/71, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It was composed by 1780.-Movements:The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings.#Adagio, 4/4 - Allegro con brio, 3/4#Adagio F major, 2/4...
in B-flat major (composed by 17801780 in music- Events :*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes his opera Idomeneo at Munich.*The Danish national anthem, "Kong Kristian...", is first sung.*Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen goes into its third edition....
) - Symphony No. 72Symphony No. 72 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 72 in D major is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was probably composed between 1763 and 1765. The date of this composition is earlier than its number suggests...
in D major (composed between 17631763 in music-Events:*July 9 - Mozart family grand tour: The family of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sets out on a European tour, ending this year in Paris*The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by Marianne Davies...
–17651765 in music- Events :*The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.*The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is founded- Opera :*Samuel Arnold**Daphne and Amintor**The Summer's Tale*Georg Benda – Xindo riconnosciuto...
) - Symphony No. 73Symphony No. 73 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 73 in D major, Hoboken 1/73, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn composed in 1782. It is often known by the subtitle La chasse .-Nickname :...
in D major, La chasse (composed by 17821782 in music- Events :*March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes a début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.* August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber.* William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden....
) - Symphony No. 74Symphony No. 74 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 74 in E-flat major, Hoboken 1/74, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn composed in 1780 or 1781.-Movements:The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings...
in E-flat major (composed by 17811781 in music- Events :*March - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moves to Vienna to pursue his career, but is passed over in favour of Antonio Salieri as music teacher of Princess of Württemberg....
) - Symphony No. 75Symphony No. 75 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 75 in D major is a symphony composed by Joseph Haydn between 1779 and 1781.-Movements:The symphony was originally scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings...
in D major (composed by 1781) - Symphony No. 76Symphony No. 76 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 76 in E-flat major is a symphony by Joseph Haydn in 1782.-Early set of symphonies for London:In 1782, almost a decade before Haydn composed the first of his famous London symphonies, he composed a trio of symphonies – 76, 77 and 78 – for a trip to London which fell...
in E-flat major (17821782 in music- Events :*March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes a début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.* August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber.* William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden....
?) - Symphony No. 77Symphony No. 77 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 77 in B flat major, Hoboken 1/77, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn in 1782. The finale movement here is by most agreed to be the Haydn's first use of the sonata rondo form.-Early set of symphonies for London:...
in B-flat major (1782?) - Symphony No. 78Symphony No. 78 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 78 in C minor, Hoboken 1/78, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn in 1782-Early set of symphonies for London:In 1782, almost a decade before Haydn composed the first of his famous London symphonies, he composed a trio of symphonies – 76, 77 and 78 – for a trip to London which...
in C minor (|1782?) - Symphony No. 79Symphony No. 79 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 79 in F major, Hoboken 1/79, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It was composed in 1784 as part of a trio of symphonies that also included symphonies 80 and 81...
in F major (composed by 17841784 in music-Events:*March - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gives the first performances of his Piano Concerto No. 15 at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna*April 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist Regina Strinasacchi perform Mozart's Sonata in B flat for Violin and Keyboard for the first time, in the...
) - Symphony No. 80Symphony No. 80 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 80 in D minor, Hoboken 1/80, is a symphony composed by Joseph Haydn in 1784 as part of a trio of symphonies that also included symphonies 79 and 81...
in D minor (composed by 1784) - Symphony No. 81Symphony No. 81 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 81 in G major is a symphony by Joseph Haydn was composed in 1784 as part of a trio of symphonies that also included symphonies 79 and 80.-Movements:It is scored for flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings....
in G major (composed by 1784) - The "Paris symphoniesParis symphoniesThe Paris Symphonies are a group of six symphonies written by Joseph Haydn and performed at the Concert Spirituel, the Concert de la Loge Olympique and the Concert de Amateurs in Paris.-The Symphonies:...
":- Symphony No. 82Symphony No. 82 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hoboken 1/82, is the first of the so-called six Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as the Bear Symphony .-Background:...
in C major, The Bear (17861786 in music-Events:*November 7 – America's oldest singing society is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.*In Britain, William Parsons succeeds John Stanley as Master of the King's Musick....
) - Symphony No. 83Symphony No. 83 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hoboken I/83, is the second of the six so-called Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn in 1785 and it was published by Artaria in Vienna in December 1787....
in G minor, The Hen (17851785 in music-Events:*Composer Supply Belcher settles in Maine.*Violinist Regina Strinasacchi marries Johann Conrad Schlick, cellist & konzertmeister of the Gotha ducal band.*Joseph Haydn premieres the first of his Paris symphonies on commission from Count d'Ogny...
) - Symphony No. 84Symphony No. 84 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 84 in E-flat major, Hoboken I/84, is the third of the so-called six Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes known by the subtitle In nomine Domini.- Background :...
in E-flat major, In nomine Domini (1786) - Symphony No. 85Symphony No. 85 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 85 in B flat major, Hoboken 1/85, is the fourth of the six "Paris" symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as La Reine .- Background :...
in B-flat major, La Reine ("The Queen") (1785?) - Symphony No. 86Symphony No. 86 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 86 in D major, Hoboken I/86, is the fifth of the so-called six Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn.-Movements:...
in D major (1786) - Symphony No. 87Symphony No. 87 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 87 in A major, Hoboken 1/87, is the last of the six so-called Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It was written in 1786.-Movements:...
in A major (1785)
- Symphony No. 82
- Symphony No. 88Symphony No. 88 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 88 in G major was written by Joseph Haydn. It is occasionally referred to as The Letter V referring to an older method of cataloguing Haydn's symphonic output.The symphony was completed in 1787...
in G major (17871787 in music-Events:*February 1 – A posthumous performance of Antonio Sacchini's Œdipe à Colone at the Paris Opéra results in the previously unsuccessful opera becoming one of the most popular pieces in the repertoire for several decades....
?) - Symphony No. 89Symphony No. 89 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 89 in F major, Hoboken I/89, is written by Joseph Haydn in 1787. It is sometimes referred to as The Letter W referring to an older method of cataloging Haydn's symphonic output. The second and fourth movements of this symphony are based on movements of a Concerto for Lire...
in F major (1787) - Symphony No. 90Symphony No. 90 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 90 in C major, Hoboken 1/90, was written by Joseph Haydn in 1788 as part of a three-symphony commission by Comte d'Ogny for the Concerts de la Loge Olympique...
in C major (17881788 in music-Events:* Antonio Salieri appointed Imperial Royal Kapellmeister by Emperor Joseph II of Austria.*Domenico Cimarosa is invited to St Petersburg by the Empress Catherine II of Russia.-Opera:*Thomas Carter – The Constant Maid, or Poll of Plympton...
) - Symphony No. 91Symphony No. 91 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 91 in E-flat major, Hoboken 1/91, is written by Joseph Haydn. It was completed in 1788 as part of a three-symphony commission by Comte d'Ogny for the Concerts de la Loge Olympique...
in E-flat major (1788) - Symphony No. 92Symphony No. 92 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn completed his Symphony No. 92 in G major, Hoboken 1/92, popularly known as the Oxford Symphony, in 1789 as one of a set of three symphonies that Haydn had been commissioned by the French Count d'Ogny to compose.-Background:...
in G major, Oxford (17891789 in music-Events:*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart travels to Berlin.*Joseph Haydn meets Maria Anna von Genzinger.*Adalbert Gyrowetz arrives in Paris.*Luigi Cherubini becomes music director for the Théâtre Monsieur.*Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach becomes Kapellmeister at Berlin....
) - The "London symphoniesLondon symphoniesThe London symphonies, sometimes called the Salomon symphonies after the man who introduced London to Joseph Haydn, were composed by Joseph Haydn between 1791 and 1795...
":- Symphony No. 93Symphony No. 93 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 93 in D major, Hoboken I/93, is the first of the twelve so-called London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn.It was completed in 1791 as one of the set of symphonies completed for his first trip to London...
in D major (17911791 in music-Classical music:*Franz Anton Hoffmeister – String Quartet in F*Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 96 in D "Miracle"*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem*Franz Xaver Süssmayr – Concerto Movement in D major for Basset Horn-Opera:...
) - Symphony No. 94Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 94 in G major is the second of the twelve so-called London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is usually called by its nickname, the Surprise Symphony, although in German it is more often referred to as the Symphony "mit dem Paukenschlag" .-Date of composition:Haydn wrote...
in G major, The Surprise (1791) - Symphony No. 95Symphony No. 95 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 95 in C minor is the third of the so-called twelve London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is the only one of the twelve London symphonies in a minor key....
in C minor (1791) - Symphony No. 96Symphony No. 96 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 96 in D major, Hoboken I/96, was completed by Joseph Haydn in 1791 as part of the set of symphonies composed on his first trip to London. It was first performed at the Hanover Square Rooms in London on 11 March 1791. Although it is the fourth of the so-called twelve London...
in D major, The Miracle (1791) - Symphony No. 97Symphony No. 97 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 97 in C major, Hoboken I/97, is the fifth of the so-called twelve London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It was completed in 1792 as part of the set of symphonies composed on his first trip to London. It was first performed at the Hanover Square Rooms in London on 3 or 4 May...
in C major (17921792 in music-Events:*April 13 – Joseph Martin Kraus's Symphonie funèbre is played at the funeral of Gustavus III of Sweden.-Popular Music:*"Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" aka "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle* "The Irish Washerwoman" trad...
) - Symphony No. 98Symphony No. 98 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 98 in B flat major, Hoboken 1/98, is the sixth of the so-called twelve London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It was completed in 1792 as part of the set of symphonies composed on his first trip to London...
in B-flat major (1792) - Symphony No. 99Symphony No. 99 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 99 in E-flat major is the seventh of the twelve so-called London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. The symphony was completed in 1793. Although not the most frequently performed of his London Symphonies, no...
in E-flat major (17931793 in music-Events:*September 25 – The Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the "black Mozart", loses his command and is imprisoned at Houdainville.* Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11-Classical Music:...
) - Symphony No. 100Symphony No. 100 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 100 in G major, Hoboken I/100, is the eighth of the twelve so-called London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn and completed in 1793 or 1794. It is popularly known as the Military Symphony.-Nickname :...
in G major, Military (1793)/(17941794 in music-Classical music:*Joseph Eybler – Christmas Oratorio*Joseph Haydn**Symphonies 100 in G "Military" and 101 in D "Clock"**Piano Sonata in E-flat, Hob XVI:52-Opera:*Luigi Cherubini - Eliza*Friedrich Heinrich Himmel – Il primo navigatore...
) - Symphony No. 101Symphony No. 101 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 101 in D major is the ninth of the twelve so-called London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as The Clock because of the "ticking" rhythm throughout the second movement....
in D major, The Clock (1793)/(1794) - Symphony No. 102Symphony No. 102 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 102 in B flat major, Hoboken I/102, is the tenth of the twelve so-called London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn.- Background :...
in B-flat major (1794) - Symphony No. 103Symphony No. 103 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, Hoboken 1/103, is the eleventh of the twelve so-called London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn.This symphony is nicknamed "The Drumroll", after the long roll on the timpani with which it begins....
in E-flat major, Drumroll (17951795 in music- Events :*Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna following second London visit.*Franz Krommer settles in Vienna.-Classical music:*Ludwig van Beethoven – Three Piano Trios, Op. 1*Joseph Haydn**Symphonies 103 in E-flat "Drum Roll" and 104 in D "London"...
) - Symphony No. 104Symphony No. 104 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 104 in D major is Joseph Haydn's final symphony. It is the last of the twelve so-called London Symphonies, and is known as the London Symphony....
in D major, London (1795)
- Symphony No. 93
Hoboken also includes four other works in his "Symphony" category (Hob. I):
- Hob. I/105 in B-flat major, better known as the Sinfonia ConcertanteSinfonia Concertante (Haydn)The Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, Hob. I/105, by Joseph Haydn was composed in 1792. The work is a sinfonia concertante with four instruments in the solo group: violin, cello, oboe and bassoon.There are three movements:#Allegro#Andante...
for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon (17921792 in music-Events:*April 13 – Joseph Martin Kraus's Symphonie funèbre is played at the funeral of Gustavus III of Sweden.-Popular Music:*"Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" aka "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle* "The Irish Washerwoman" trad...
) - Hob. I/106, for which only one part has survived (17691769 in music- Events :*Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis.*Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague...
?) - Hob. I/107 in B-flat major, often known not by a number but as Symphony ASymphony A (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony 'A' in B-flat major, Hoboken I/107, was written between 1757 and 1760. It is not in the usual numbering scheme for Haydn symphonies because it was originally thought to be a string quartet and was catalogued as Hob. III/5....
(composed by 17621762 in music- Events :*Johann Christian Bach composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time.*Michael Haydn moves to Salzburg, to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop....
) - Hob. I/108 in B-flat major, often known not by a number but as Symphony BSymphony B (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. B in B-flat major, Hoboken I/108, was written between 1757 and 1760. It does not fall into the usual numbering scheme of Haydn's symphonies because it had later been published without its wind parts as a "Partita"....
(composed by 17651765 in music- Events :*The Bach-Abel concerts are founded.*The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is founded- Opera :*Samuel Arnold**Daphne and Amintor**The Summer's Tale*Georg Benda – Xindo riconnosciuto...
)
Hob. I/105 is not really a symphony, but a sinfonia concertante
Sinfonia concertante
Sinfonia concertante is a musical form that emerged during the Classical period of Western music. It is essentially a mixture of the symphony and the concerto genres: a concerto in that one or more soloists are on prominent display, and a symphony in that the soloists are nonetheless discernibly a...
, and as No. 106 has not survived to the present day, the number of "symphonies" by Haydn is usually assumed to be 106.
Complete recordings
Four conductors have recorded the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn.- The first to complete the recording project was the Austrian conductor Ernst MärzendorferErnst MärzendorferErnst Märzendorfer was an Austrian conductor. He was the first conductor to make a complete recording of the 107 symphonies of Joseph Haydn, and conducted a number of important opera premieres.-Biography:...
, who recorded them with the Vienna Chamber OrchestraVienna Chamber OrchestraThe Vienna Chamber Orchestra is an Austrian chamber orchestra based at the Vienna Konzerthaus....
. However, this set of recordings had a very limited release and remains largely unknown. - The first to make a complete recording that was widely available was the Hungarian-British conductor Antal DorátiAntal DorátiAntal Doráti, KBE was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1947.-Biography:...
, with the Philharmonia HungaricaPhilharmonia HungaricaThe Philharmonia Hungarica was a symphony orchestra, based in Germany, which existed from 1956 to 2001.It was first established in Baden bei Wien near Vienna by Hungarian musicians who had fled their homeland after it was invaded by Soviet troops...
. - Hungarian conductor Ádám FischerÁdám FischerÁdám Fischer is a Hungarian conductor of Jewish family origin. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, with which he has recorded the complete Haydn symphonies for the Nimbus label, the first digital recording of the cycle...
recorded a complete cycle in the late 1990s with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. - In 2009, American conductor Dennis Russell DaviesDennis Russell DaviesDennis Russell Davies is an American conductor and pianist. He studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School where he received his doctorate...
completed a cycle with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.
See also
- List of concertos by Joseph Haydn
- List of masses by Joseph Haydn
- List of operas by Joseph Haydn
- List of piano trios by Joseph Haydn
- List of solo piano compositions by Joseph Haydn
- List of string quartets by Joseph Haydn
- List of symphonies by number
- The Creation
- The SeasonsThe Seasons (Haydn)The Seasons is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn .-Composition, premiere, and reception:Haydn was led to write The Seasons by the great success of his previous oratorio The Creation , which had become very popular and was in the course of being performed all over Europe...