Symphony No. 35 in

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, Hoboken I/35, was written by

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. The autograph score is "carefully" dated "December 10, 1767". It has been speculated that this symphony was written to celebrate Prince Esterházy's return from a visit to the

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Movements

The symphony is scored for two oboes,

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, two

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and continuo. The "horns are given parts of terrifying difficulty." It is in four movements: #

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, # Menuet – Trio, #

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, The first movement's theme "suddenly develops a towering contrapuntal anger in the development"Landon, 1955: 278 and is primarily in minor keys. The winds are dismissed for the slow movement. The minuet features some colorful passages for the horn while the contrasting Trio is more subdued and scored for four-part strings.Brown, A. Peter, ''The Symphonic Repertoire'' (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (), pp. 108–109 (2002). The finale plays games with three hammerstrokes (tonic–dominant–tonic) which begin the exposition and are worked extensively in the development. The three chords also serve as the movement's final cadence, confusing listeners into thinking that more will follow. This ambiguity is enhanced if the second part of the movement is repeated.

References

Symphony 035 Compositions in B-flat major 1767 compositions {{symphony-stub