Symphony No. 92 (Haydn)

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The Symphony No. 92 in G major (Hoboken 1/92) is written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as the Oxford Symphony. Archaically, it may also be referred to as The Letter Q referring to an older method of cataloguing Haydn's symphonic output.

1 Date of composition and scoring
2 Nickname (the Oxford)
3 Movements
4 See also

[edit] Date of composition and scoring

It was completed in 1789.

The work is in standard four movement form and scored for flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, continuo (harpsichord) and strings.

[edit] Nickname (the Oxford)

It is so called because Haydn conducted it at a ceremony in 1791 in which he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University. The name is something of a misnomer, because the symphony was actually written earlier for performance in Paris. Haydn was awarded his degree fairly soon after his first arrival in England, and as he had not yet finished composing any of the twelve symphonies he ultimately wrote for England, he brought to the ceremony the most recent of his completed symphonies.