Symphony No. 11 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 11 in E-flat major (Hoboken I/11) is a symphony which may have been written as early as 1760 but no later than 1762.[1]

It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo.[2] The symphony is a sonata da chiesa in four movements:

  1. Adagio cantabile, 2/4
  2. Allegro, cut time
  3. Menuetto con Trio, the trio in B-flat major, both 3/4
  4. Presto, 2/4

This work has been mentioned as a possible companion piece to Symphony No. 5 in that the two symphonies are in sonata da chiesa form with finales that are not in the customary (for the time period) 3/8 meter.[3]

In the trio of the minuet, one of the parts is an eighth note behind the others, creating an effect of limping syncopation.[4]

References

  1. ↑ H. C. Robbins Landon, The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn. London: Universal Edition & Rockliff (1955): 632. "c. 1760–62. Earliest ref. : St. Florian, 1769. In a now lost catalogue of symphonies which Haydn sent to Breitkopf & Härtel, the composer referred to the work as 'one of the earliest'."
  2. ↑ Landon (1955): 632. "2 ob., 2 cor., str. [ fag., cemb. ]."
  3. ↑ HC Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols., (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 1, Haydn: the Early Years, 1732–1765
  4. ↑ Brown, A. Peter, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (ISBN 025333487X), pp. 51–52 (2002).