Symphony index

1-107 (1757 - 1795)

The numbering of the symphonies in Dutch musicologist Anthony van Hoboken's catalogue of Haydn's works, which is still in popular use today (Anthony van Hoboken, Joseph Haydn: thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Band 1: Instrumentalwerke, Mainz 1957), is based on the list of 104 symphonies adjudged to be authentic which were included in the list of contents of the old complete edition of Haydn's works published in 1908 by Eusebius Mandyczewski, archivist of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna (Joseph Haydns Werke. Erste kritische durchgesehene Gesamtausgabe. Serie 1. Symphonien, Band 1, Leipzig [1908], pp. IV-VII); Hoboken was later to add to this list the Sinfonia concertante (I:105) and three symphonies which came to light at a later date (I:106-108).

Since the date of composition of many early works was unknown on account of the autograph copies being missing, lost, or untraceable at the time, Mandyczewski arranged the symphonies «ante quem», i.e. in accordance with the dates noted in the sources available to him or listed in various acquisition or sales catalogues.

In a considerable number of cases, Haydn scholars were later able to correct the numbering system used by Mandyczewski and Hoboken, and their findings have been taken into account in the chronological list of symphonies which follows.

(cf. inter alia: Sonja Gerlach, «Joseph Haydns Symphonies bis 1774. Studien zur Chronologie», in Haydn-Studien 7/1-2 (1996), 1-288; «Neues zur Chronologie von Haydns Symphonies» by the same author, in: Gerhard J. Winkler (editor), Das symphonische Werk Joseph Haydns. Referate des internationalen musikwissenschaftlichen Symposions Eisenstadt, 13-15 September 1995, Eisenstadt 2000 (= Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland 103), pp. 15-26).

Symphonies 1757 – 1762

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:1

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 25.11.1759 [1757]

I:37

C major

2 hn, str

till 1758 [1757/1758]

I:18

G major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1766 [1757/1759]

I:2

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

before 12.3.1764 [1757/1759]

I:4

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1762 [1757/1760]

I:27

G major

2 ob, str

till 1766/67 [1757/1760]

I:10

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1766 [1758/1760]

I:20

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1766 [1758/1760]

I:17

F major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

before 11.7.1765 [1760/1761]

I:19

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1766 [1760/1761]

I:107

B flat major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1762 [1760/1761]

I:25

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1766/1767 [1760/1761]

I:11

E flat major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1769 [1760/1761]

I:5

A major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1762 [1760/1761]

I:32

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

till 1766 [1760/1761]

I:15

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str (with solo-vc)

till 1764 [1761]

I:3

G major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1762 [1761]

I:6

D major «Le matin»

fl, 2 ob, bn, hn, Str (with solo-str)

till 1733 [1761]

I:7

C major «Le midi»

fl, 2 ob/2 fl, bn, 2 hn, str (with solo-str)

1761

I:8

G major «Le soir»

fl, 2 ob/2 fl, bn, 2 hn, str (with solo-str)

till 1767 [1761]

I:36

E flat major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1769 [1761/1762]

I:33

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

till 1767 [1761/1762]

I:9

C major

2 ob/2 fl, bn, 2 hn, str

[spring?] 1762

I:108

B flat major

2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str

till 1765 [1762]

I:14

A major

2 ob, 2 hn, str (with solo-vc)

till 1764 [1762]

Symphonies 1763-1765

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:40

F major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[beginning of?] 1763

I:12

E major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[spring?] 1763

I:16

B flat major

2 ob, 2 hn, str (with solo-vc)

till 1766 [spring 1763]

I:34

D minor/D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1767 [1763]

I:72

D major

fl, 2 ob, bn, 4 hn, str (with solo-str)

till 1781 [Aug.-Dec. 1763]

I:13

D major

fl, 2 ob, 4 hn, str (with solo-vc)

[Aug.-Dec.?] 1763

I:23

G major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[1st half of?] 1764

I:22

E flat major «Le philosophe»

2 eh, 2 hn, str

1764

I:21

A major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[2nd half?] 1764

I:24

D major

2 ob/fl, 2 hn, str

[2nd half?] 1764

I:30

C major «Alleluja»

fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str

[spring?] 1765

I:31

D major «Hornsignal»

fl, 2 ob, 4 hn, str (with solo-str)

[May-13.9.?] 1765

I:39

G minor

2 ob, 4 hn, str

till 1770 [May-Sept.? 1765]

I:29

E major

2 ob, 4 hn, str

1765

I:28

A major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[end?] 1765

Symphonies 1767 - 1772

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:38

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1769 [1767]

I:58

F major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

before 15.2.1773 [end of 1767]

I:35

B flat major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

1.12.1767

I:59

A major «Fire»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1769 [1768]

I:49

F minor «La passione»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

1768

I:26

D minor «Lamentatione»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1770 [1768]

I:41

C major

fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str

1.2.1767-1770 [1768]

I:65

A major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1778 [1769]

I:48

C major «Maria Theresia»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1769? (or till 1773) [1769]

I:44

E minor «Mourning»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1772 [1770/1771]

I:43

E flat major «Mercury»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1772 [1770/1771]

I:52

C minor

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1774 [2nd half 1771]

I:42

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str (with solo for 2 Bn or 2 Vc)

[Sept.-Dec.?] 1771

I:47

G major

2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str

till 1772

I:45

F sharp minor «Farewell»

2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str (with solo-str)

[2nd half?] 1772

I:46

B major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[2nd half?] 1772

Symphonies 1773-1774

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:51

B flat major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1774 [spring 1773]

I:64

A major «Tempora mutantur»

2 ob, 2 hn, str

till 1778 [fall 1773]

Hob. deest. Sinfonie für Spanien

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, (tpt, timp), str

1773-1782 [1773/1774]

I:50

C major

2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

from 1773 [1773/1774]

I:55

E flat major «The schoolmaster»

2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str

[1st half?] 1774

I:54

G major

a) original version: 2 ob, bn, hn, str, without introduction

[1st half?] 1774

 

 

b) extended version: with 2 fl, 2 bn, 2 tpt, timp, with introduction

[1775-spring 1776]

I:60

C major «Il distratto»

2 ob, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

before 30.6.1774 [1st half 1774]

I:56

C major

2 ob, bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

[2nd half?] 1774

I:57

D major

2 ob, 2 hn, str

[2nd half?] 1774

Symphonies 1775/1776

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:68

B flat major

2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

till 1779 [1774/1775]

I:67

F major

2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str (with solo-str)

till 10.11.1779 [1775/1776]

I:69

C major «Laudon»

2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

till 1779 [1775/1776]

I:66

B flat major

2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

till 1779 [1775/1776]

I:61

D major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, timp, str

[from April?] 1776

Symphonies 1777-1779

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

Ia:7 (Ouver­ture)

D major

2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1777

I:53

D major «L‘Impériale»

 

 

 

Early version B: without introduction, Finale Hob Ia:7

fl (except the Finale, 2 ob, bn (in the Finale 2 bn), 2 hn, timp (only 1st movement), str

[1777/1778] (Hob. Ia:7 1777)

 

Final version A: with introduction, Finale Capriccio Moderato

fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, timp (only 1st movement), str

[1778]

I:71

B flat major

fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str

till 1780 [1778/1779]

I:70

D major

fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, (2 tpt, timp), str

before 18.12.1779 [1779]

I:75

D major

fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, (2 tpt, timp), str

till 1781 [end of 1779]

I:63

C major «La Roxolana»

fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str

till 1781 [end of 1779]

I:74

E flat major

fl, 2 ob, bn, 2 hn, str

before 22.08.1781 [1780]

I:62

D major

fl, 2 ob, (2) bn, 2 hn, str

till 1781 [1780]

I:73

D major «La chasse»

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, (2 tpt, timp), str

till 1782 [around 1781]

Ia:4

D major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[1777-/1785/1786]

(Finale)

 

 

[1782-1784]

3 Symphonies 1782

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:76

E flat major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[1782]

I:77

B flat major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[1782]

I:78

C Minor

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[1782]

3 Symphonies 1783-1784

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:81

G major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[till 8.11.1784]

I:80

D minor

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[till 8.11.1784]

I:79

F major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

[end of 1784]

6 Paris Symphonies 1785-1786 for the Societé Olympique in Paris

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:87

A major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1785

I:85

B flat major «La Reine»

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1785

I:83

G minor «La Poule»

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1785

I:84

E flat major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1786

I:86

D major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, (2 tpt, timp), str

1786

I:82

C major «L‘ours»

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn oder tpt, timp, str

1786

2 Symphonies for Tost

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:89

F major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1787

I:88

G major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

1787? [-1788]

3 Symphonies 1788-1789 for the Societé Olympique in Paris

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:90

C major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, (2 tpt, timp), str

1788

I:91

E flat major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str

1788

I:92

G major «Oxford»

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, (2 tpt, timp), str

1789

12 London symphonies

6 Symphonies – first visit to London (1791-1792)

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:96

D major «The miracle»

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

London 1791, world premiere 1791

I:95

C minor

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

London 1791, world premiere 1791

I:93

D major

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

London 1791, world premiere 17.2.1792

I:98

B flat major

fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

[1791/1792], world premiere 2.3.1792

I:94

G major «The surprise»

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

London 1791, world premiere 23.3.1792

I:91

C major

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str (with solo-v)

London 1792, world premiere 3. or 4.5.1792

6 Symphonies – second visit to London (1793-1795)

HOB.

TONALITY/­TITLE

ORCHESTRATION

TIME OF CREATION

I:99

E flat major

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

1793, world premiere 10.2.1794

I:101

D major «The clock»

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

1793/1794, world premiere 3.3.1794

I:100

G major «Military»

(2) fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, bass drum, cymbal, triangel, str

1793/1794, world premiere 31.3.1794

I:102

B flat major

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

London 1794, world premiere 2.2.1795

I:103

E flat major «The drumroll»

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str (with solo-v)

London 1795, world premiere 2.3.1795

I:104

C major «Salomon»; «London»

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str

1795, world premiere 4.5.1795

For a general survey of all works by Joseph Haydn, please consult «Das Haydn-Lexikon» (only available in German), edited by Armin Raab, Christine Siegert and Wolfram Steinbeck (Laaber-Verlag).