Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

's Symphony No. 11 in E major (Hoboken I/11) is a

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which may have been written as early as 1760 but no later than 1762, meaning that it was written for either the orchestra of the salubrious

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or the noble

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's palace in

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. It is scored for 2

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, 2

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and continuo.Landon (1955): 632. "2 ob., 2 cor., str. fag., cemb. " The symphony is a

sonata da chiesa Sonata da chiesa (Italian: "church sonata") is a 17th-century genre of musical composition for one or more melody instruments and is regarded an antecedent of later forms of 18th century instrumental music. It generally comprises four movements, t ...

in four movements: #

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cantabile, #

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Menuetto A minuet (; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in time. The English word was adapted from the Italian ''minuetto'' and the French ''menuet''. The term also describes the musical form that accompa ...

con Trio, the trio in

B major B major (or the key of B) is a major scale based on B. The pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A are all part of the B major scale. Its key signature has five sharps. Its relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its ...

, both # Presto, This work has been mentioned as a possible companion piece to Symphony No. 5 in that the two symphonies are in

form with finales that are not in the customary (for the time period) meter.H. C. Robbins Landon, ''Haydn: Chronicle and Works'', 5 vols. (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976–) v. 1: "The Early Years, 1732–1765",. In the trio of the minuet, one of the parts is an eighth note behind the others, creating an effect of limping syncopation.A. Peter Brown, ''The Symphonic Repertoire'' (Volume 2). Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press (2002): 51–52. .

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