Symphony No. 2 (Haydn)

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Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 2 in C major, Hoboken I/2, is believed to have been written between 1757 and 1761.

It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. [1] Like many of the earliest symphonies by Haydn and others of the time, it is in three movements:

  1. Allegro, 2
    2
  2. Andante in G major, 2
    4
  3. Presto, 3
    8

In the second movement, the wind instruments are omitted and the violins play in semiquavers from start to finish (a kind of perpetuum mobile ) with the pattern frequently broken by the use of trills. [2] The violas in this slow movement double the bass part throughout at an octave above. [3] (e.g., "col basso," which was common in the period). Also, the first and second violins are the same in the second movement. The last movement is "Haydn's first attempt at a symphonic rondo and is characterized by a preoccupation with imitative processes." [4] It is the only one of Haydn's symphonies that contains no repeat signs. [5] It is also one of his shortest symphonies; performances generally last less than ten minutes.

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References

  1. H. C. Robbins Landon, The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn. London: Universal Edition & Rockliff (1955): 616. "2 ob., 2 cor., str., [ fag., cemb. ]"
  2. H. C. Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols. (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976–[ full citation needed ]) v. 1: "Haydn: the Early Years, 1732–1765", [ page needed ].
  3. Landon 1955: 203
  4. William E. Grim, Haydn's Sturm und Drang Symphonies: Form and Meaning. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press (1990): 95
  5. Antony Hodgson, "The Music of Joseph Haydn: The Symphonies"[ full citation needed ], p. 47.