Talk:List of symphonies by Joseph Haydn

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[edit] How about adding Toy Symphony?

The Toy Symphony is now thought to not be by Haydn after all, though it was, and sometimes still is, attributed to him. Leopold Mozart is often put forwad as the possible composer, but I don't know if there's any certainty about that. Maybe it's worth mentioning this, maybe not. I won't add mention of it myself, but if somebody else feels a quick note is appropriate, I won't argue. --Camembert

My understanding is that very few scholars and musicians believe the Toy Symphony to be by Haydn anymore. I'm also pretty sure that the term "Toy Symphony" is actually a misnomer; if I remember correctly, it's actually a cassation. These two facts lead me to believe it does not belong on this list. I am, however, taking both of these facts from memory, so if someone can demonstrate I'm wrong, I'd be glad to hear it. Heimstern Läufer 05:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Letter Nicknames

I'm not sure of the origins, but an older way of cataloguing Haydn's Symponies used letters instead of numbers. The following ones I've been able to find:

Letter A - #71 (not to be confused with the current symphony 'A')

Letter B - #45 (not to be confused with the current symphony 'B')

Letter E - #44

Letter L - #47

Letter Q - #92

Letter R - #90

Letter T - #91

Letter V - #88

Letter W - #89

I would imagine there might be more as there are gaps in the sequence of letters.

[edit] Years of composition

I added several of these a few months ago; however, a better perusal of Grove suggests to me that many of these are still uncertain, and that often all we know is that a symphony was completed by a certain year, not in which year it was completed. So, I'll be working on reflecting this more correctly in this list now. Heimstern Läufer 23:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I looked up #64. Steinberg says 1773. Hurwitz says 1773. allmusic.com acknowledges "conjectures ranging between 1773 and 1778". DavidRF 01:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
From what I can tell, Grove is willing to assert that it was composed by 1778 at latest, while noting 1773 as a possibility. Perhaps we could list 1773 as the probable year of composition, while observing that it may have been as late 1778? We'd need to cite this well, of course. Heimstern Läufer 01:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
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