Symphony No. 58 in

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, Hoboken I/58, is a

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, composed probably around

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but certainly not after

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, after which time the traits of this symphony were outmoded.

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(ed.), ''Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), p. 446. It is scored for two

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Movements

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, # Menuet alla zoppa - Trio. Un poco allegretto, #Finale: Presto, The unique distinction ''alla zoppa'' on the Menuet literally means "limping" which Haydn accomplishes with a dotted rhythm pushed into all sorts of asymmetrical patterns.

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, ''Haydn: Chronicle and Works'', 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 2: "Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766-1790", . This movement was also used in Haydn's Baryton Trio in D major (Hob 11/52). A. Peter Brown has noted how the character of the first movement is very reminiscent of a minuet, and can be regarded as an "expanded Minuet". Brown has also commented that the overall nature of the work highly resembles a suite where all four movements are dance-like in nature.A. Peter Brown, ''The Symphonic Repertoire'' (Volume 2) (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 2002) (), pp. 116–17.

References

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