Symphony No. 90 (Haydn)
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The Symphony No. 90 in C major (Hoboken 1/90) is written by Joseph Haydn. It is occasionally referred to as The Letter R -- referring to an older method of cataloguing Haydn's symphonic output.
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[edit] Date of composition and scoring
It was completed in 1788.
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] Movements
The second movement is in double variation form.
The finale contains one of Haydn's more famous jokes. Soon after the recapitulation starts, the music arrives at a rousing and unexpected "ending" in C major followed by four measures of silence which leads the audience to believe the symphony may have actually finished. Instead, the first theme quietly resumes in the remote key of D-flat major.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Cambridge Companion to Haydn, edited by Caryl Leslie Clark. Cambridge University Press, 2005 ISBN 0521833477
[edit] References
- Robbins Landon, H. C. (1963) Joseph Haydn: Critical Edition of the Complete Symphonies, Universal Edition, Vienna
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