The Oboe Concerto in C major, Hoboken number (VIIg:C1), commonly attributed to

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, was most likely composed around 1790. However, modern

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agree that Haydn did not write the concerto.

Structure

The work is composed of three movements: # Allegro spirituoso # Andante # Rondo: Allegretto Full performances last about 22 minutes. Charles-David Lehrer believed that the first movement of the concerto was similar to the oboe concertos of

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, and

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, also arguing that it was similar in structure to the

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and

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, even though the Haydn concerto had a contrasting B theme.

Authorship

Though commonly attributed to Haydn, the authorship of the concerto has come into dispute. In the 1950s, Anthony van Hoboken included the concerto in his catalogue of Haydn's work. However, when Haydn's worklist was discovered in 2008, the concerto was not included. The '' MGG'' and the Haynes Catalog of oboe music list the concerto as being the work of

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References

External links

* {{Haydn concertos Concertos by Joseph Haydn

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Compositions in C major Haydn: spurious and doubtful works 1790 compositions