Continuing on with our look at the current state of chronology, another small bite (just six years, really!) of the apple.
Our first two items, (using Hoboken numbers) #'s 15 and 3, are quite possibly the last of the Morzin symphonies, or even written freelance during the period when he hadn't reached a concord with Esterházy yet. Landon has them situated in 1760, based on things like the earliest copies being in the handwriting of the copyists who are established as Fürnberg/Morzin employees. And the use of the word 'menuet' which Haydn always spelled as 'minuet' before 1760. This is why I have overlapped the end of List 1 with the beginning of List 2.
We end this list in 1766, when Haydn succeeded Gregor Werner as full Kapellmeister following Werner's death. And 1766 is, as we shall see, an ideal stopping off spot since it marks a time of huge change in Haydn's situation, his style, even his residence. So here, then, the remaining symphonies between Morzin and Esterháza.
Year |
New Chronology |
Key |
HRL |
Hob I # |
Name |
Instruments |
1761 |
16 |
D |
9 |
15 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1761 |
17 |
G |
18 |
3 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1761 |
18 |
D |
20 |
6 |
Le matin |
Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns (in D) & Strings |
1761 |
19 |
C |
21 |
7 |
Le midi |
Flute, 2 Flutes or Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Horns & Strings |
1761 |
20 |
G |
22 |
8 |
Le soir |
Flute, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Horns & Strings |
1761/2 |
21 |
Eb |
26 |
36 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1761/2 |
22 |
C |
15 |
33 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, Timpani & Strings |
|
1762 |
23 |
C |
23 |
9 |
2 Flutes or Oboes, Bassoon, Horn & Strings |
|
1762 |
24 |
Bb |
6 |
108 |
Symphony B |
2 Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Horns & Strings |
1762 |
25 |
A |
25 |
14 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1763 |
26 |
E |
27 |
12 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1763 |
27 |
F |
29 |
40 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1763 |
28 |
Bb |
7 |
16 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1763 |
29 |
d |
39 |
34 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1763 |
30 |
D |
30 |
72 |
Flute, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 4 Horns, (opt Timpani) & Strings |
|
1763 |
31 |
D |
28 |
13 |
Flute, 2 Oboes, 4 Horns, (opt Timpani) & Strings |
|
1764 |
32 |
G |
33 |
23 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1764 |
33 |
Eb |
32 |
22 |
The Philosopher |
2 English Horns, 2 Horns & Strings |
1764 |
34 |
A |
31 |
21 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1764 |
35 |
D |
34 |
24 |
Flute & Oboe or 2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1765 |
36 |
C |
35 |
30 |
Alleluia |
Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
1765 |
37 |
D |
37 |
31 |
Hornsignal |
Flute, 2 Oboes, 4 Horns & Strings |
1765 |
38 |
g |
40 |
39 |
2 Oboes, 4 Horns & Strings |
|
1765 |
39 |
E |
36 |
29 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |
|
1766 |
40 |
A |
38 |
28 |
2 Oboes, 2 Horns & Strings |