The Symphony No. 87 in
A major
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, Hoboken I/87, is the last of the six
Paris Symphonies (numbers 82–87) written by
Franz Joseph Haydn. It was written in
1786
Events
January–March
* January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw.
* January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Englan ...
, but performed in 1787 by the
Concert de la Loge Olympique
The Concert de la Loge Olympique was a concert company founded in the 1780s by the fermier général Charles Marin de La Haye des Fosses and Count Claude-François-Marie Rigoley. The main conductor was Joseph Bologne de Saint-George.
The orches ...
, after having been commissioned for performance there by
Count d'Ogney in 1785.
Movements
The work is in standard four movement form and scored for
flute
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, two
oboes, two
bassoons
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, two
horns,
continuo (
harpsichord
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) and
strings
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Vivace
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Adagio
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Music
* Adagio, a Tempo#Basic tempo markings, tempo marking, indicating that music is to be played slowly, or a composition intended to be played in this manner
* Adagio (band), a French progressive m ...
, in
D major
#
Menuet e trio,
#Finale:
Vivace
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,
The trio of the Minuet prominently features the solo oboe which rises a high E.
[Brown, A. Peter, ''The Symphonic Repertoire'' (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (), pp. 209–210 (2002).]
Notes
References
*Robbins Landon, H. C. (1963) ''Joseph Haydn: Critical Edition of the Complete Symphonies'', Universal Edition, Vienna.
*Steinberg, Michael (1995) ''The Symphony: A Listener's Guide''. Oxford University Press.
*Harrison, Bernard ''Haydn: The "Paris" Symphonies'' (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
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Symphony 087
Compositions in A major
1786 compositions